Chapter 17: I Warned You

I applied a dark shade of red to my plump lips, color suited my tan skin amazingly. I've never worn this lip color before, I always thought it was too bold for me but tonight just felt like the night. I ran my fingers through my soft curls trying to brush them out, and add a little bit more volume to my hair. There's no doubt in my mind that I'd look great standing next to Ryan but he isn't the one I'd want to stand by, maybe that's just cruel to say.

My fingers softly touched my rosie cheek, it's crazy how similar my mom and I look. I miss her more than anything, all I wanted from her was unconditional love.

"Your beauty has made me speechless." Ryan whispers from behind me, his voice spooked me immediately.

I turn around with a hand to my chest, my heart almost jumped from my chest. I gulped when I took in the image of him, he had on a dark grey dress shirt with a black tie and a black coat with the collar out. His hair is slick back and his chin was cleanly shaved, my eyes slowly t