Chapter 27

Emma had just showered and was wearing a baggy shirt by Sebastian along with a pair of shorts that were notoriously baggy for her as well.

It was funny, Sebastian had already reassured him with the information that the next day Katy would come over to bring her new clothes that would follow Emma's style.

Rivera watched the girl's pale face as they sat together at the dinner table. Emma ate quietly, embarrassed, but she looked beautiful. The man had never seen her with wet hair, he had never seen her as raw as she was at that moment and that left him enraptured.

"Aren't you going to eat?" she asked quietly, looking at him with rosy cheeks in sheer shyness.

"I'm not very hungry.

"But you must eat too." she dragged out the box of fried chicken he'd bought. "Have some, and…stop staring at me." chuckled.

"It's just that you look even more beautiful like this."

"I'm not." Emma lifted her legs, hugging them. "I have damp hair, I don't wear any makeup…"