Trust Issues

I had three dresses to pick from. The brown dress, the Black dress or the red dress. I decided on the black one partly because you can never go wrong with black and that it was the only one I could choose from the dresses, as it was the only gown with the front properly covered. The other options exposed the scar on my chest.

But before deciding, I had taken a walk around and sneakingly inquired about what kind of dress Eva would be wearing, and it was nice to know that they weren't actively trying to sabotage me.

I had a bath, blow-dried my hair and waited for the stylists.

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"The stylists have all arrived" the same maid that brought in my clothes said.

"What's your name," I implored, tired of referring to her as the Maid in my head

"Camila is my name, Young miss" She fidgeted with her hands clenched tightly on her skirt

"You have a beautiful name Camila" I complimented with a soft tone, partly to calm her nerves

-It would be good to at least be on friendly terms with them, that way their conscience will make them think twice before trying to hurt me-

"Thank you, Young miss also has a beautiful name," She said with the colour pink tainting her cheeks, releasing her clenched fists from her skirt.

"Bring them up," I avoided changing the topic

"Of Course, Young Miss" She adjusted her outfit and walked out.

Using the time she would take to bring them up. I clothed myself in black. The material perfectly aligning with my body.

"She is here, Young Miss" She knocked

"Bring her in"

My attention was immediately drawn to the stylist as soon as my door opened, mostly because of the bright colours in which she clothed herself in and her low cut hairstyle accentuating her masculine appearance. The colours should have definitely rioted against her, but somehow she seemed to make them move in complete harmony. She looked very beautiful in her clothes, although I think Handsome would be the perfect way to describe her.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Miss Teirrah, My name is Azure, and I am here to assist in getting you ready. I will also be in charge of your makeup" She revealed stepping into my room.

"Wow, the rumours certainly didn't lie. You are very beautiful" She injected with a bright smile to which I agreed with. My current body was certainly a beauty, although the character me could never see it.

-But I only agreed with the second part. There were no good rumours about me. She is definitely a sycophant-

But Strangely, the look in her eyes almost made me turn red. She looked at me like I was the prettiest person she had ever seen. She had the same look Zinnia always did whenever she told me I was beautiful, although I never believed her. I just know that the only reason she said that was to make me happy.

"Well, we can't have smoke without a fire, right?" I smiled at her.

-I'll play along with you-

"Let start, shall we? "

"Yes. I will do my best in highlighting your beauty" She said, recovering her excitement after the shock of my words wore off.

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"And we are finished" Azure acknowledged with her makeup brush lightly skimming the sides of my face

"Wow, you are so pretty, young miss," Camila blurted out with squeals escaping her.

--You will be the most beautiful woman in the ball, My lady--

"Yes, you will stun them" Azure assured.

--The prince will fall in love with you immediately--

Their voices overlapped with the others, causing my head to feel like it was being hammered on. I winced, lowing my head.

-Why can't I just move on, damn it-

"Are you okay Miss Teirrah" Camila called out with a familiar tone. She started calling my name instead of Young Miss after I had given her permission to.

I raised my head and looked in the mirror. She was beautiful. Azure was definitely a professional, using the right materials to bring out my body beauty. My brown hair was braided into a bun, and little strands of my front hair were left to fall just above my black lashes.

I stood up and twirled around in front of the full-body mirror and admired my body. The dress hugged the upper part of my body and slowly released my figure the lower it got. I loved it.

"Thank you," I said, turning to Azure

"I didn't do much. Like I previously said I am here to highlight your beauty" She smiled pulling a napkin by her side and dabbing my cheeks with it.

"It's a good thing I used waterproof makeup" She laughed.

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As I walked down the stairs, I attracted a lot more attention than I expected. The room that was semi-crowded by people underwent a hush. It was silent except for the quiet background music that was being played that I thought that Everyone had suddenly vanished.

-Don't you dare trip legs-

-Stop looking, people. It's just a human walking down. Nothing to see here-

Muttering a silent yes after successfully coming down the stairs without making a fool of myself, I happily confirmed that their attention had been drawn away by Eva.

"Thank you Female lead Halo," I thought, power walking to the table that held the pastries.

-I will just enjoy the food and sneak out later-

*Behind the scenes 1*

It is confirmed. Rumours should never be trusted if such a kind lady that even cried at a compliment was being labelled a witch.

*Behind the Scenes 2"

I am so lucky to be assigned to Miss Teirrah. Such a Lovely Young girl.

*Behind The scenes 3*

"You have such beautiful daughters, Mr. Quinn. What is her name again" A Man with a greasy look voiced out from the sea of people. His face held a disgusting expression.

"Yes, I agree. The dress really suits her" A woman I assume was my Mother's friend with how close they were standing together.

"Why are you praising her, You ugly bastards," I thought, looking in my Villainess direction to see she was stuffing her face with the little cakes placed on the pastry table. Her cheeks puffed out.

-She wasn't even that pretty-

"That's my adopted daughter. Her Name is Teirrah. And this here is Eva" My Father grinned, introducing me.

"Good Evening, Mr. Adams. A pleasure to meet you" I said, stretching my lips wide in what I hope looked real enough to convince him I gave a fuck about him as he was a potential investor as my father made sure to pound into my head multiple times this evening.

"Ah, what a polite young lady" He moved closer to me with a smirk.

Whispers of "The Young Master of the Suriv family is here" passed around and eventually reached him.

"Goodness, He is so Hot"

"Yes, My Prince is here" I thought, moving away from the ugly Man.

I saw Aron walk into my house.

He looked so handsome with his black suit that brought attention to his tall, Magnificent body. His black hair was sleeked back, revealing the little black mole just beneath his right eye. His greens eyes were Icy and Sharp but looked so dreamy that one could get lost in them.

"This is my Man," I thought as my heartbeat sped up. I walked up to him and caught a sniff of his cool fragrance.

"Hi, Aron" I whispered out to hide the crack in my voice, which did nothing to calm my blushing face.

"You look beautiful Eva" He said with his deep voice that made a shiver run down my spine.

-He looked so perfect-