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War zone

Author: Joy Apens
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-09-05 18:56:19

CHAPTER SIXTY

~ Camilla

The Day Of The Gala: 6:42 PM.

I checked the time for the fifth time in three minutes.

He said he’d pick me up at seven. But I was already dressed. Already spiraling. Already pacing my tiny apartment in a floor-length black satin dress that made me feel like a damn impostor in my own skin.

I caught a glimpse of myself in the hallway mirror. Hair swept up. Shoulders bare. Earrings sparkling subtly. Neckline just toeing the line between classy and are-you-seriously-wearing-that. My heels made me tall enough to lie about it on dating apps, and the slit up my thigh was doing things to my self-esteem I hadn’t felt in years.

I looked… good.

Too good.

And my first thought wasn’t You look like a goddess…it was What if he laughs?

What if he saw me and immediately regretted this?

And what the fuck was this, anyway?

I mean, it was just a gala. It wasn’t a date. Just his assistant filling in. Temporarily. Convenient. Professional.

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