Fiona
Nobody left. I didn’t have to turn around to know they were still there. It wasn’t that I didn’t hear them move or the door close behind me. It was because I knew they wouldn’t leave unless I expressly told them to leave.
And I wasn’t going to do that.
“If you leave those panties on, they’ll leave a line, and you might not like the dress,” Knox said from behind me. “You won’t be without underwear at the ball, Fiona. I brought you new ones to wear. But for now...”
“No panties.”
I lowered them and straightened. I would lose my nerve if I turned around and looked at them. Instead, I unzipped the dress cover and revealed the blue satin dress I’d seen earlier. It had long sleeves, a high neck, and an asymmetrical hem with one side that would ride high up my thigh.
It wasn’t flimsy w
