CHAPTER 87 -AN EVENING OUT BEGINS-MERINA

Merina readied herself before the mirror. It had been years since she dressed like this as herself. She never dared to express her true self, even while working. Merina didn’t want to call attention to her past. Also, most of the events she went to dress like this were an undercover assignment and she didn’t use her name or image.

She didn’t know why she felt so vulnerable. Now an adult, she was no longer fifteen. Meri expected the women in this group to act with ruthless intent in response to her honesty. She just didn’t know where they’d attack from. That’s what worried her. She couldn’t be able to keep aloof to it.

“You look beautiful. Now don’t forget your ring. I want everyone to see it on your hand, and they won’t if it stays on your dressing table.”

She had removed it to apply cream to her hands and had not yet replaced it. Which she fixed as Conner watched. Merina chuckled when she wore it again and noticed how she’d forgotten about it. Another th