Chapter 80

AURORA. On the day of the premiere, I woke up feeling better than I had in a long time. My makeup artist and stylist, the same one Nathaniel had taken me to the afternoon of the auction was the one I’d booked for today. She arrived on time at my apartment to begin prepping my face before she could apply makeup. The premiere was starting at noon and the production team had already messaged me to arrive at 11:45 AM at best. Thankfully, by 11:00 AM, my stylist was done with my makeup and styling me. The dress we’d chosen was a deep crimson color with a long slit at the end that ran all the way to my upper thigh. Abuela expressed her concern at the dress ripping off completely and Lola and I laughed about it. I couldn’t help myself from checking my phone frequently, in case there was any message from Nathaniel that he had landed. It was at the back of my mind that his business trip would take longer than expected and he would miss such an important day to me. But he had promised to be t