Chapter 61

"That's because my mother didn't want to scare you off." He replies and we enter the house quickly, where he leads me to the dining room. They've pushed the table to the far right wall that it gives us enough empty space to well, dance, I guess. And in the center of it all stands Mrs. Beckett with a large grin on her face. "Oh, this is going to be so exciting!" "For you, maybe," I mumble, earning a hard nudge to the ribs from Adam. "What? I was being honest." "No, that was rude, Ronnie. Manners, sweetheart, manners." Mrs. Beckett says, not even phased by what I've just said. But she's gotten use to it these past days she's spent with me. I've actually been quite rude to her at times. Each time she simply corrects me. I grunt, "Kill me now." "Be careful what you wish for," Adam gives me a grim smile and thrusts a pair of black heels into my chest. "Now put those on." "I have to wear these?" I twid