NIRELLE
Once I am done with the pictures, I find my mom in the crowd and meet her. I have to make sure to get out of there before I have to talk to Cassian because I know what they could do.
"Mom"
"Honey, say hello to my friends. This is..."
"I have to go," I say, stopping her. I have smiled for the camera; now they have to do what I want them to, and that is to let me go before I cause a scene at their precious party.
"Honey," she was startled by my reaction but tried to mask it with a smile. "So soon? The party only started," she added, biting her lips so that they stained the bottom part of her teeth red.
"Lucien wants me home now," I add, and she nods, turning to her friends and laughing nervously.
"He is so smitten by her that he can't even be away from her for a moment," she l
