CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
DINNER AND BUSINESS
When I go downstairs, everyone is already seated. Even mom is already dressed in a royal blue long sleeved evening gown, with a diamond sapphire necklace on her bare neck. She looked beautiful beside Dad, who was wearing a white Lacoste shirt and blue jean shorts. Kieran’s dad is in brown Khaki shorts with a nude colored Polo shirt. Aunt Stella is in a beige self-portrait, off-shoulder cloque midi dress.
I walked to the only empty seat. It was the one opposite Kieran. Great.
“I greet our guests with cheek kisses and they shower me with praises of how good I look. I drink it all in. Happy that Kieran’s parents were fawning over me. I chanced a quick glance at him but he was on his phone, not even annoyed.
Ugh
“We already exchanged greetings earl
