_ The Surprise _
CJ zips my dress.
I stare at the mirror, feeling a little doubtful about the choice of dress for this dinner date.
"It's a little too tight," I grumble.
CJ circles his arm around my waist and pecks my cheek.
"No. You look perfect to me."
"To you! But not to your family!" I grumble.
I groan and spin to look him in the eye.
"This is a family dinner, Cedric. What if they don't like me?"
He swirls his arms tighter around my waist. "Well, guess who's marrying you? Me. Not them."
In the thirty days we've been dating, we have never talked once about marriage. So it sends a little chill down my spine. I hesitate.
"But they have to like me," I insist.
He kisses my neck. "The only person here that has to like you is me. I get jealous. And you know what happens when I
