******* Dara's POV
He left me in a bit of a shock looking at the dress before me I was to wear tonight. I felt the emptiness of the room with his presence no longer next to me, and I longed for him to come back. Part of me wanted to be an unruly teenager playing hookie with him and be a no-show to the party tonight. The other half wanted to drive him nuts in that dress and make him beg to take me back upstairs away from the boring guests.
I put on a black corset and started on my makeup first. Sharp eyeliner to define and highlight my eye shape with a dark gemstone ruby or dark maroon eyeshadow done in a smokey blended effect on my eyelids. Highlighted at the inner corners with shimmering gold that blended into the dark maroon, then black. My lips stood out in a ruby wine color, and loo
