BELLA
I didn’t listen to the warnings.
Maybe I should have.
But taking warnings to heart was never really my strong suit.
With a sigh, I reached into the shopping bag and pulled out a large, elegant cream-colored box. The brand name embossed on the lid gleamed faintly under the light. I carefully lifted the lid and unfolded the tissue paper, revealing a sleek black dress.
Holding it up against me, my eyebrows furrowed in surprise.
It was short. Really short.
Sure, I liked wearing short dresses — I wasn’t exactly shy about showing some leg — but this? This was on a whole other level. A tiny voice in the back of my mind whispered that I’d never feel comfortable walking out of the house in something like this. Yet another voice, louder and far more daring, urged me to step out of my co
