Closing her eyes, Sienna murmured, “Fabulous.” I wanted to agree, but I wasn’t entirely sure that I hadn’t just made a horrible mistake.
Anna was upset that she wasn’t invited to go to dinner with her new BFF. Griffin was too. His eyes barely left Sienna’s body the entire time she sunbathed half-naked by the pool. His rapt attention didn’t seem to bother my sister. She really didn’t seem to care what Griffin did, so long as he was attentive to her and respectful to me. Honestly, I had no idea how those two were going to be as parents.
Standing in front of a full length mirror in the bathroom later, I debated if I looked good enough to be seen with Sienna Sexton. I hadn’t planned on fancy dinners out while I’d been packing, and the only semi-dressy thing I had with me was a long, simple black dress made of soft cotton that swirled down to my ankles. It had wide straps, a v-neckline, and an empire waist. It was more comfortable than sexy, but it was all I had. Sighing, I ran my fingers along a wavy strand of my hair; I’d thought to offset the plainness of the dress with big, bouncy curls, but I’d only managed wavy.
Coming up behind me, Kellan kissed my bare shoulder. “You look incredible.”
I looked at the reflection of him over my shoulder. He was wearing a fitted blue dress shirt worn loose over dark blue jeans. The color of his shirt brought out the depth of his eyes. He was stunning. As always.
A part of me wanted to tell him that I wouldn’t look incredible standing next to a bombshell like Sienna, but I knew he wouldn’t agree, so I didn’t say it. Looking back at my reflection, I tried to see what Kellan saw when he looked at me. My eyes were “expressive,” meaning they were large. They were generally a seaweed brown shade, but in this light, the green was a little more apparent. With the simple layer of mascara I had on, I’d say they were even pretty. I had nice cheek bones, a cute nose, full lips. Maybe my chin was just a tad too pointy, but all in all, I was well proportioned and symmetrical. I wasn’t gorgeous, but . . . maybe I was beautiful.
Smiling at him, I pulled out my lip gloss and applied a coat of light pink. “Thank you.”
Kellan blinked, surprised. “You’re not going to argue with me? Make me convince you that you’re attractive?” I shook my head and his lips curved into a small approving smile. “Well, that’s new. I like it. Confidence is sexy on you.” He flashed me a wicked grin.
I felt my cheeks heating as his bedroom eyes locked with mine in the mirror. God, we’d never make it to dinner if he kept looking at me that way. Twirling him around, I shoved him out the door. Kellan chuckled to himself while I gathered the rest of my things, then we headed out to the sitting area, where the rest of the band was lounging.
Evan came over and wrapped a tattooed arm around me. “You’re a doll, Kiera.”
I smiled up at him, then remembered the favor Jenny had asked me to do days ago. Embarrassed that I’d forgotten, I hurried back to my room and dug through my bag until I found the flattened candy box. Smiling in apology, I handed it to Evan. “Jenny says she misses you, wishes she could be with you, and asked me to give you this.”
As Evan took it, I swear his cheeks flushed with color. Peeking up at me with his warm brown eyes he asked, “Did she tell you what this was?”
I shook my head and he laughed as he put it in his back pocket. “Thank you, Kiera.” Digging into his other pocket for his cell phone, he headed for his bedroom. I could still hear him laughing as he shut the door. Hmmm, guess he wasn’t going to explain the inside joke.
As Kellan pulled me toward the door, I relayed Rachel’s message for Matt. He smiled, nodded, and waved goodbye. Griffin and Anna both pouted as we left. I’d have to make it up to my sister somehow. Griffin I wasn’t too worried about; he could pout all he wanted.
Sienna brought Thing 1 to dinner with us. It surprised me a little bit when the massive bodyguard climbed into the driver’s seat of the black Escalade. Maybe Sienna expected someone at the restaurant to approach her? Or maybe she was concerned about getting accosted on the walk into and out of the restaurant. I’d never spent time with someone at her level of fame before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. The idea of being in her spotlight made me more nervous than the idea of sitting at a table making small talk with her.