Be Careful When You Bite Me novel Chapter 43

She sent me a wink," you'll see, the guys are out to get the castle car, they'll be back soon, but we have to get ready now."

"Okay," I replied, feeling suddenly nauseous.

We got ready in Asia's room that was almost double the size of my already massive one. It was decorated simplistically with a large king-size bed in the middle of the marble ground, a large mirror, and a vanity. She led me inside of her walk-in closet that was something out of a magazine or a tv show.

"This is your closet?" I asked, eyeing the vanity and the shoe sleeves lined with hundreds of heels," this is bigger than my room."

She laughed out loud and began sorting through dresses," marrying loyalty has its privileges."

I wondered if Damon had this much money and quickly shrugged the thought away.

Asia pulled out a long black gown that had a silver pattern made of sequins running down vertically. It was just as breathtaking as the dress she had given me and I wondered where she shopped for items like this. I had to remind myself that she lives in New York whereas I lived in a very small and humble town.

The last time I had gotten all dressed up was the night of my almost-ritual when I had the help of Meredith. I felt my heart ache a little bit when I remembered her and wondered if she was doing alright.

Asia helped me with my makeup and I helped her with hers, not that I was much help since the only thing my skill set consisted of was putting on lip balm.

She straightened my hair and then waved it and then sprayed and brushed it and I almost forgot how much could be done to just hair.

She put false lashes on my eyes which had been the first time for me, and took a make-up brush and went to work on my face for at least half an hour.

She didn't miss a thing, including painting my finger jails a light creme pastel color.

She stepped back to admire her work," You look incredible," she finally breathed out.

"I'm still in my towel," I said, scowling.

"When you put on the dress, you're going to make Damon's jaw drop-"

"Let's not talk about that," I quickly said, getting up off of the vanity chair," can I look at the mirror?"

She nodded still smiling from ear to ear.

I took a look at my reflection and Asia was right, I looked beautiful. My long hair was wavy and soft-looking. My eyes looked like they had doubled in size. She applied a dark smokey color to my eyelids that gave my face some mystery.

"I look so... pretty," I said, not being able to help the smile that took over my face.

"Wait till I show you your shoes," she ran off towards the shoe shelves but I couldn't turn to look away from my reflection.

She returned seconds later holding a pair of gold strap on heels that tied up the ankle.

"Aren't they perfect?" She exclaimed, almost more excited about me wearing them than I was.

"They're perfect," I replied, staring at the shoes in awe.

About half an hour later, the time was a little after 6 pm, we were finally all done.

Asia looked powerful and fierce in her all-black and silver outfit, she pinned her hair up and worse shiny chandelier earrings that made her look expensive. I kept my hair down and wore a couple of gold bangles instead. The dress luckily fit me perfectly and hugged my body in all of the right places. It didn't leave too much for the imagination, especially not the part with the cleavage but it left just enough.

Paired with the heels, I almost couldn't recognize myself. Staring at the mirror, I realized that I looked like I was beautiful enough to be a vampire. I remembered Isabelle and thought that I might actually be just as pretty as her right now.

Asia strolled back into the room," they're here, are you ready?"

I gulped and nodded feeling nervous all of the sudden. I wasn't nervous about the ball as much as I was nervous about what Damon might think. She handed me the matching mask to my dress and I gripped it without saying a word.

"Breath," she said kindly before linking my arm in hers and leading me out to the living room.

Damon was turned away, facing the kitchen when I walked in. I immediately noticed that he too had gotten dressed up for the ball. He was wearing a navy blue suit that showed off all of his muscles. He began to turn around and I couldn't help but blush when his eyes landed on mine. He scanned me from bottom to the top, starting with my feet making his way up to look into my eyes. His gaze was almost intimidating and the rush of bliss his attention gave me send goosebumps racing down my arm.

To my left, I noticed that Xavier had already grabbed Asia in a tight hug.

Damon took a few steps closer to me and I felt as if I was suddenly wearing little to no clothes. His gaze was almost lustful as his eyes landed on my cleavage, up to my neck, and lingering at my lips.

"I know it's a little much," I began, my voice shaking," It was Asia's idea, I-I didn't know how to say no-"