CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
ELENA'S POV
I STOOD IN front of the vanity mirror in my bedroom, wearing the baby blue sparkly dress mom had picked out from me. I looked like a glittered fairy experiment gone wrong. Standing on the small carpeted platform, I felt somewhat conscious of myself as I stared at the mirror. Mom had gone out to get a few dresses, leaving me behind with Raymond. Usually, these kinds of stuffs were meant to be seen with your mom or best friend. But instead, I had my thirty-seven year old step dad with me.
It was all kinds of awkward.
‘You look amazing.’ He complimented, eyeing the heels mom had also got in his hand. He placed them down beside my shoe rack.
‘I looked like a lost fairy princess. ‘ I frowned at the mirror. My stomach looked bloated but that was probably beca
