AMARA'S POV: Mom entered my room, looking radiant in her long white nightdress. She smelled fresh like a rose, and she came in with Agnes, who greeted me warmly. “Good morning, Amara. I brought your tea and bread.” “Thank you,” I told Agnes, accepting the teacup from her. I walked to my chair in my room and sat down, drinking my tea and eating the bread with it. Mom walked to the window to look outside, then came back to me and said, “Hurry up. The driver is already here, and why haven’t you done your face? You know you’ll see your husband in the city, so you should look nice when you eventually meet him.” I pouted my pink lips as I finished drinking my tea. I had no intention of pleasing the man I might be married to, so I kept mute. “Agnes, get me my makeup box from my room,” Mom said. “No, Mom. There is no need for that. I don’t have to pretend in front of my husband. I am perfectly fine like this, just the way I am. If I pretend with him, what if I can’t continue pretending
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