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Faith twirled around in front of the mirror. She barely recognized this woman with the shiny hair and flawless makeup. The sexy dark-blue dress.
Nope. This wasn’t her at all.
She looked . . . stunning.
Nothing like boring little Faith from Public, Missouri.
This Faith looked sophisticated and fancy. She didn’t think it was her though.
Sure, she looked fabulous. But she didn’t feel like herself. Although she didn’t really know who she was anymore.
However, she was pretty sure that she’d be happier sitting at home in her favorite yellow onesie, watching cartoons and eating ice cream rather than she was with all this smoky-eye makeup and flawless complexion.
“You look amazing, Faith.” Cammie blinked back tears.
“Hey, are you all right?” Faith asked her friend.
“Oh, yeah, it’s just that when I came to live in New York, I had this silly idea of the life I’d live. You know, fancy outfits, sexy shoes. Lattes and musical theater and dinner out. It’s just . . . it’s not quite that. But it’s fine.” A guilty look crossed her face. “I mean, it’s good. Everything is really good.”
Right.
If anyone should be going to this charity banquet, it was Cammie. She always looked elegant, even in jeans and a T-shirt. Like a runway model. Tall and slim and graceful.
Unlike Faith, who could trip over air.
“Oh my God. What was I thinking with these shoes?” she said, looking down at the heels in dismay. “I can’t wear these. I trip up in flats, so there is no way I can handle high heels.”
“You can’t wear flats with this dress,” Cammie told her. “It’s too long, you’d trip over the hem.”
“I can’t do this, Cammie.” She was starting to panic as her friend helped her sit down, before sliding the heels onto her feet. “What if I embarrass him? I don’t know the first thing about high society. What if there’re multiple forks, Cammie?” She grabbed her friend’s shoulders and shook her. “What. If. There. Are. Multiple. Forks.”
“Okay, first of all, calm down. Take a deep breath. In, then out. Now again. In, then out. Right, listen to me. If there are multiple forks just follow what Reuben does.”
“Follow what Reuben does. Right. Of course. Why didn’t I think of that?”
She was an idiot.
“You’ve got this.”
But she didn’t. She really didn’t. She was going to mess it up. Perhaps that was for the best, though. If she messed up now, then he’d know the truth about her.
That she couldn’t do anything right.
“You’re all ready to go.”
Thank God Eric had gone out to watch the game at his local watering hole. Having him here would have been a disaster.
She walked out of the spare bedroom where she’d been getting ready just as the doorbell rang. Only she tripped over something in the hallway and would have fallen if Cammie hadn’t grabbed her.
Cammie moved ahead of her to open the door. And then she saw him.
Why was he so sexy?
She drank him in. It felt like forever since she’d last seen him and yet it had only been three nights.
Was she already addicted to him?
Perhaps.
