I stared at my figure in the mirror before me, my own body seemed out of place in the lacy clothing, although there was little of it. 

The lace was a soft baby blue, but covered relatively the parts I wanted hidden, my lower thighs with stretch marks as well on my sides always made me self conscious, as well as the bit of chub on my bones.. 

As I was staring at myself, I didn't notice Roxanne walk out of the bathroom until she was directly behind me, her arms gently winding around my middle and kissing the top of my head. 

"You're beautiful." She whispered, her lips brushing against my shoulder as she stood behind be, her chin resting on the top of my head, smiling lazily. 

"I-I am?" I whispered, looking back to my body, but was dragged away by Roxanne gently grasping my chin, bringing our lips together in a sweet kiss. 

"Yes." She whispered, smiling before kissing me again, turning me around, gently hitching my legs up to her hips as she held onto me.

"Mia cara," she whispered, smiling as she kissed me once again, her kisses were sweet and made my heart ache and my mouth thirst for more.

"Am I interrupting something?" A flat voice made me stiffen up as Roxanne broke the kiss, looking over to the door, I did as well, a frown slipping onto her face. 

"Luca." She said shortly to the tall blonde haired woman who stood in the doorway, and unimpressed look on her face as she walked inside. 

Roxanne gently placed me on the ground, now blushing like a tomato I looked away shyly as Luca looked towards me, her dull blue eyes sparking with interest. 

"This is Molly?" She asked, humming softly as she walked forward, her attention now focused on Roxanne. 

"Dmitri told me that you nearly missed the deadline." She said, her voice going back to stone as she approached, scowling at Roxanne who shrugged.

"I needed to spend time with Mia Cara." She said, smirking back at me as I stood, flushing red once more, and just when I thought I had blush under control too!

Luca rolled her eyes, "that can wait." She said, shoving a pile of papers into Roxanne's chest. "You can do Molly whenever you want."

She looked back to me, smiling slightly, "but I do come with a warning." She said, her voice turning serious, "Dmitri has told others. Kirkland and Jones are already curious about her, I would keep her under safe guard." 

I held my breath as she walked forward, her hand gently grasping my chin and tilting my head up, "she might just get taken away from you." She whispered, looking back to a scowling Roxanne from the corner of her eye with a smirk. 

"She won't." Roxanne said confidently, "because she'll never leave my side, I'll make sure of that." Luca hummed, letting go of my chin as she walked back over to Roxanne, nodding to her before sending me a last wink. 

"Remember, Roxanne. The ball is in a few days, Molly might have more suitors sooner than you think you can prevent them." She murmured before she turned and left, leaving both Roxanne and I in silence as the information sunk in. 

"B-ball?" I asked softly, watching as Roxanne's head snapped up, her jaw set and her eyes dark. "Something all writers have to attend." She said, scowling a little before she pressed her lips to mine once more. 

"We have to go," she mumbled, pouting more.

"I don't wanna!"