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Aida

The whole next week is wasted in idiotic wedding planning I most of it, because the Griffins are control

freaks andlooks like Still, she expects eive a crap about any of it

Spending time with Callu that they’re going to jump me any time I’m alone with them Yet there’s this make-believe between us, where they pretend like all of this is genuine, and I’ bride-to-be and their daughter-in-law

I can’t figure out Ien From the outside, she looks like your typical wealthy socialite: blonde, perfectly coiffed, always speaking in cultured tones But I can tell she’s intelligent, and I suspect she’s much more heavily involved in the Griffins’ business than she lets on

The wedding will be s place so quickly, but she still insists I need a proper dress So that’s why I’owns in front of Nessa, Riona, and Ien

I don’t have any female family members to invite, not that I’d want to involve them in this farce anyway

Nessa is thedown dress after dress forover every one They’re all puffy princess dresses and ball gowns, ridiculously exaggerated like a cartoon brought to life Half the tiet lost in the tulle, and Nessa has to pull down the various layers and turn it all around and zip ht

Even though I hate every one of they She’s so sith her big brown eyes and her pink cheeks

“Why don’t you try some on, too?” I ask her

“Oh, no,” she shakes her head, blushing hard enough to drown out her freckles “I couldn’t do that”

“Why not? There’s a o way faster if you help me”

“Well”

I can see she’s dying to do it I shove one of the puffiest dresses into her arms

“Come on, let’s see it”