Aliyah's p.o.v
Attending this dinner is a last minute decision I hope not to regret. When I told Eva about the invite,she was elated, heck her eyes lightened up like she had just gotten a candy. When I expressed my indecision to go, she scolded me and forced me into this knee length dinner gown, with a slit and a love shaped cut at the back.
She made me up so well, I looked like a doll. “You must look the part. Remember you are Aliyah Santiago.” She chanted as she sent me off.
At the party, I felt intimidated, standing at the entrance and not seeing my inviter. I had felt out of place, well not until I locked eyes with Ottavio whose stare ignited heat in me, his eyes didn't stray down my body like the men in here have and his jaw ticked when my eyes drifted off him. Almost like he felt
