Kendria
After fixing my hair the best I could by myself—I couldn't bring myself to deal with Harlie's inquisition yet—I went back downstairs to meet Rowan. I gasped softly as he came into view at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for me. He was wearing a charcoal gray suit that was perfectly tailored to his glorious body, with a black dress shirt underneath. Rose gold cufflinks adorned his jacket. Topping it all off was a burgundy tie, which somehow matched my dress exactly.
"You look beautiful," he murmured, tucking my hand into the crook of his elbow once I joined him on the first floor.
"You already saw how I looked before," I said, blushing and feeling silly.
"That doesn't make it any less true."
I glanced shyly up at him as we left the house and crossed the lawn in the pre-dusk l
