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I teared up as I ran my hands over the luxurious clothes, touched beyond words that he’d done this Not since grandma and the aunts had been banished fro so sweet for me The fact that it was Gabriel who’d done it only made it that much sweeter, and it was hard to quell my excitement

I’d been twirling around the rooainst my chest, when the door opened behind ood, you found them Let me see what my son did” She nodded her head with a san to feel embarrassed What must she think of me?

I’er who’d been hired to tutor her kids, and less than a week later, I’ around the rooht I wouldn’t bla less of me From what little I knew of the close for their own selfish purposes

The family seems to keep themselves closed off frootten that? “I’et theive them to the twins…”

“What are you saying?” She looked at ed as if with a switch “Oh, you poor thing” I didn’t understand why she got that sad look on her face before she hugged et the feel of her arly

“No one has to tell Master Gabriel what to do; he just does as he pleases and the rest of us learn to go along Not that we have a choice” The last part was said more as an aside “He chose beautifully I couldn’t have done better myself He also made my job that much easier”

“Your job? I don’t understand” She just sed her shoulders as she picked up a cream-colored silk and lace camisole

“It’s not iiven orders to co Let’s see” She looked around at all the bags before own”

She lifted the fancy gar that I’d been too anxious to touchalone looked expensive She unzipped it to reveal a black dress inside that, at first glance, looked very nondescript until she took it out fully fron

She kept going, revealing black evening slingbacks with a crystal butterfly bow on top and thankfully not too high heels, with a bag to match “That’s for me?”

“Of course, he did well” I blushed when she revealed the undergarine the stoic Gabriel Russo choosing such things Maybe he had someone else do it and wasn’t even there

He probably didn’t want h he hadn’t been the one to invite ht ht And it’s because of hi to think about right now, especially with his mother in the room

“Okay, looks like he’s thought of everything Why don’t you go ahead and have your shower, then join the girls in their room? They’ll take it from there” She seeh the rest of the bags and alerie sets

How does he even know my size? Thankfully I didn’t have tihthe intimate apparel that I would soon wear I had to shower It was in the bathrooot the first real look atthe stylists, had proclaimed its beauty, but I’d been too nervous to look

The length had surprised htened before, I had no idea th that it went fro the top of h; it was full and healthy with a sheen that had been uess The new style also did sohter, somehow my features more pronounced

Of course, ht was of Gabriel and whether or not he’d like it I hadn’t seen him since breakfast and had spent the whole day in the chair once it was certain that my hair could be saved, filled with excite ht was of him and what he’d think