Chapter 236

• I waited with my eyes closed, the feel of his fingers around my neck and his breath tickling the skin of my ear was all I could sense as he clasped what felt like a necklace onto my neck.
• "You can open them now." He whispered and I did as he asked me to.
• My eyes widened as he stepped away from me leaving me to gaze at my reflection and revel in the sight of the necklace around my neck, the vivid red diamonds contrasting my white ball gown yet complementing it in the most beautiful of ways.