Chapter 24. No trust, No betrayal

Clarisse strangely felt her heart melt, heavy at the same time, she smiled with teary eyes as she stared at herself in the mirror. She looked so beautiful in the new dress, she didn’t even think it would fit her like this nor did she imagine she’d ever end up wearing a new dress, it wasn’t oversized, it wasn’t dirty nor shabby, it was beautiful, well fitted that she couldn’t help but like and admire it.

There was a time she desperately wished for one, a time she thought she’d be a Cinderella that a prince would come for, wishing for a new dress, a shoe for her soar feet but those hopes vanished, those wishes became an unreachable imagination but here they are again, it felt so different this time, so unreal that she doesn’t trust anything, not even the moment she put it on.

‘ What pain would come if I await the inevitable, what heartache would come if I await the inevitable harsh words, there’s no betrayal if there’s no trust, there’s no disappointment if there are no ex