Bella:
Aria had sent me pictures of the dress along with the details, asking if I was comfortable wearing it.
I stared at the images on my phone. The dress was beautiful—elegant, with flowing fabric and a timeless design—but my thoughts immediately settled on the one thing that always made me uneasy.
I was comfortable wearing almost anything... except clothes that revealed too much.
Anything that made me feel exposed or vulnerable always left me feeling uncomfortable. Looking at the dress, I couldn't tell if I would actually be able to wear it with confidence or spend the entire time feeling like I didn't belong in it.
I kept scrolling through the pictures, trying to picture myself wearing it, but my thoughts refused to stay on the dress. They wandered back to everything that had happ
