Good news!

Good news!

Good news!

My readers: are you gonna tell us what's the good news?🙄

Me: Why would I say Good news in the first place if I wasn't gonna tell what's the good news✋

Anyway,

So I've finally decided the plot for this book and the conclusion is that it will have around 20-25 chapters with an epilogue and some bonus content.

That means we're halfway through🥳

"Wow", I was staring at what was in front of me wide-eyed with my jaw dropped 6 feet under the ground. Literally.

"Baby Rose, do you like any of them? If not, it's okay, we can look for something else. I know we only have a few hours left but-", I didn't let Elijah finish what he was saying and said;

"No Lijah, I love them. They are just so pretty!!", I exclaimed, clearly showing that I loved them.

"Not prettier than you little sister. And I'm glad you like them. I wouldn't have been able to choose anything if not for Diana. She, along with Cayden and Mia helped with narrowing down our options", he told me with a grin.

"That's amazing. I'll thank her later", I told him with the same cheerful grin plastered on my face.

"Okay. But first you need to choose. I mean, I bought all these for you and you keep them, but you can't wear more than one dress at the same time", he said.

The party, the family-get-together is today.

I can't believe it's already time. But I am happy that I will finally meet my family.

So now Elijah brought me to choose a dress for the special evening.

I could see the whole room filled with so many beautiful dresses.

"But Lijah, they are all so gorgeous. It must be so expensive. You didn't have to bring so many of them."

"Nothing is more expensive than your happiness baby", he said, patting my head, as if I were a little kid.

I smiled and hugged him. I hugged him so that he wouldn't be able to see my tears that I was holding back.

Happy tears.

How did I manage to even escape my monsters of a foster parents and end up with such caring and sweet brothers.

Do I even deserve them?

"I will send Diana in a few minutes here, to help you get ready", he said.

"She's here?", my voice came out muffled because I was still hugging him like a bear.

He chuckled, "Yup. She's been here since last night. She wanted to see you but you were already asleep, so she didn't disturb you. She had to go to the 2nd wing for work early in the morning so you couldn't meet her at breakfast either", Lijah explained.

"Oh."

"Yes. Now I need to go but don't worry, she'll be here to help in a few minutes."

"Okay", I smiled.

****

"Hey sweetheart, have you decided what you wanna wear yet?", came Diana's soft voice as she came inside the room.

"Um yeah. There were so many options, but I kinda like this one. Do you think it's okay..?", I asked her, pointing towards what I chose.

"Oh my god. Of course! I bet you'll look like a princess in this dress", she grinned.

I giggled.

"Yesss, now I think you should try it on once and then we'll get the makeup artist to come here and do their magic", she told me with a wide grin.

"Makeup artist…?",I asked, bewildered. I didn't know there was a makeup artist coming.

"Yes. The best makeup artist that I know of. Elijah can be a dummy sometimes. He doesn't know much about clothes and this stuff so he asked me to hire a makeup artist and help with the clothes to get you all dolled up", she said, still grinning.

"Oh."

"Yes, cutie. And don't worry, the makeup artists, they're both old friends of mine", she told me.

"Okay", I said with a smile.

****

"Open your eyes Rose", said Cam's cheerful voice from behind me.

Cam and Malik, they were boyfriends and also my makeup artists for tonight.

I've been here, sitting in the same spot and letting them do whatever they wanted on my face and hair for the last 2 and a half hours.

I opened my eyes and stared in the mirror. A gasp left my lips.

I was staring at the girl who looked completely different from the girl who I usually was.

My dark locks were tied in a fancy chignon, while my long lashes were curled back, giving them extra shape.

The nude pink lip color bought out the shape of my lips, making them look poutier than they actually were.

And the golden ball gown I was wearing only made me look even more beautiful.

I have always had doubts about myself but I think today I looked really pretty…

"Rose, the party will start in about 30 minutes so I think we should-", Diana stopped mid sentence as she came in the room, "- omg, you look so pretty!!!", she exclaimed.

"Thank you. And let me tell you, you look very beautiful yourself", I told her. And I was being honest, she looked like a supermodel right out of a fashion magazine.

"Thank you", she said with a smile.

And then I thanked Cam and Malik and then we left for the second wing.

****

Second wing is the biggest of all wings.

There is a big office building attached with a gathering hall, right in front of it.

I remember Diana leaving me here at the entrance a few minutes ago.

"Rose, Elijah told me to ask you to wait here. Something about a dramatic entrance", she had told me.

I've been waiting here for like 5 minutes now.

I was caught up with my own thoughts that I didn't see an old man in front of me. I ended up bumping right into him.

"Ouch", I rubbed my nose.

I looked up at the man I bumped into.

He didn't seem to be too old with his blonde hair neatly combed back, with a few strands of white, indicating that he was older than he actually looked.

His cold icy blue eyes stared at me with an odd look on his face.

He wore an expensive black Armani suit.

Must be a guest at the party.

"I'm so sorry sir, I wasn't looking", I said and moved past him before he could say anything because I saw Rayan and Chase standing near the entrance.

"Oh my god Rose, you look like a princess!", Rayan exclaimed the moment he saw me.

"The Royal West Princess", Chase said with a wide proud grin on his face.

I giggled.

I started to go inside but Dean came in the way and stopped me.

"Baby Rose, you're not going here from the main entrance. There's a lot of media, plus, we want you to give a dramatic entrance. So you need to come with me to the back gate that leads up to the building. You will come down from the grand staircase", Dean explained.

"Oh", I said with a nod and followed him. Not that I am as dramatic as my older brothers but I don't wanna see the flashing and a million questions of the media.

I don't know why but I looked one last time back at the man I bumped into.

He was gone.

****

I was waiting for my que to come down.

"And now, the star of this evening. The beat of mine and my brothers' beating hearts. Our dear Rose", I heard Riley announce on the mic downstairs.

His strong voice echoed in the hall and everything went pin-drop silent.

Everyone's eyes fixed on the staircase. The lights were dimmed out everywhere except for the cold bright spotlight that rested on the upper center of the staircase, waiting for me to step in.

I took a deep breath and stepped out of the darkness and into the light…

****

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