My Fiancée Hates Me novel Chapter 109

My engagement party with Garett was held at my estate. Even though I did not request any engagement gifts, my house had been flooded with dresses, jewelry and things that he thought that I might like. I had heard that Garett had chosen each present when thinking of me. It made me happy to know that he was trying to make me the happiest fiancée there was.

For the party, I decided to wear a light blue gown with that matched my eyes. Rather than a large ball gown, the silhouette was a little slimmer and more showed off my shoulders and collarbone. The short off the shoulder chiffon sleeves and sparkle beading gave my dress an ethereal look.

"Sir Alvin certainly has good taste," Stella said as she helped set my hair with a beautiful hydrangea hairpiece and pulled part of my hair back into a half updo.

"I hope he thinks I look pretty in the clothes he chose for me," I said quietly.

"My daughter is the most beautiful person in the world, so of course my son-in-law would find you beautiful as well," Mother said with her usual serious expression.

"He is not your son-in-law yet," I said with a chuckle.

I soon heard a knock on the door.

"Sir Alvin is here," a maid said.

I quickly went to greet him.

"Garett! You came early," I said as I toddled towards him.

"Were you in the middle of dressing up?" Garett asked as he touched my neck.

I flinched slightly on reflex.

"We were just deciding on what jewelry to put on Lady Arielle. Would you like to choose, Sir Alvin?" Stella asked as she had shown the jewelry sets that Garett had given to me.

Garett chose a chandelier necklace with five teardrop shaped diamond dangling pendants and matching earrings.

Garett decided to hook the necklace on me by wrapping his arms around my neck.

I was a bit startled from having such close encounter so soon, so my heart was left without preparation and began to beat frantically.

"You will certainly be the most eye catching out there," Garett said as he took a step back to examine me from head to toe.

"Thank you," I said shyly.

He was more handsome than usual with his suit and vest. Part of his hair on the side of his head had been slicked back with wax. The most surprising factor was that he was not wearing glasses for today.

"It seems that your blush is a bit much for today...Your face it really red," Garett said as he touched my cheek with his hands.

"It is definitely not the makeup," Mother said.

"Mother! You should definitely go greet guests with Father right about now," I said as I tried pushing her out of the room.

"Take good care of her," Mother said to Garett before making her exit.

"Can I ask what happened to your glasses?" I asked.

"I don't really need them to see," Garett said as he dug in his coat pocket and took out his large and unfashionable glasses.

"...I would prefer it if you looked a bit uglier," I said.

"Are you picking a fight?" Garett asked.

"If you are too handsome, you are going to attract the eyes of everyone in the room," I said with a sulky tone.

"Would you rather be known as the woman who settled for a plain man?" Garett asked with a sigh.

"Thank you for your comments, Grace," I said happily.

"...This dress is not something you would have chosen for yourself, is it?" Charlotte asked as she closely examined my dress.

"...No, it is not a style I would reach out for," I said.

"I see...Then, it must be Garett who had chosen this dress for you," Charlotte guessed.

"What makes you say that?" I asked.

"Come on, look at those tightly hugging curves, that beautifully exposed collarbone, and those exposed dainty looking shoulders of yours with off the shoulder and see-through sleeves. There is not left to imagine about your perfect figure. On top of that, the back of the dress seems easy to undo," Charlotte said as she tucked her chin into the nook of her thumb and index finger.

I became flustered from Charlotte's examinations of my dress.

"That is a ridiculous conjecture," I said as I crossed my arms over my chest over the embarrassment that Charlotte had examined me quite thoroughly with her eyes.

"I agree...I need to greet guests on the other side of the room," Garett said as he quickly fled the scene.

"The main perpetrator is getting away without admitting to his crimes!" Charlotte said dramatically.

Grace and I shared a short laugh together.

The next song had begun playing.

Charlotte and Grace have been invited to dance with their respective partners, while I had been incidentally crowded with many hands asking me to dance with them.

"May I have this dance?" Prince Erik asked.