6
Emma
I touch up my lipstick in the mirror of my bedroom at my parents’ house, staring at my reflection. I’m wearing a gorgeous baby pink minidress, accented with a diamond necklace and earrings. My hair is in a braided updo, with a couple of pieces of hair strategically left hanging down in the front.
All that I’d need to add is a tiara, and I would be a perfect princess…
I sigh. My parents would love it if I dated someone who was royalty. They would rub it in the faces of their society friends at every opportunity.
That’s the way the Alderisis were. They had raised me and Asher to be their prize jewels, and they were not above using pressure if they really needed us to shine.
Of course, Asher stopped accepting their money and their weird rich people guilt trips a long time ago. If
