Sixty-Nine
Penelope Peters
One of the perks of being engaged to Harkin was that I had a whole new wardrobe. Harkin’s sister Jamie had insisted on a shopping expedition when the engagement was announced, all on her dime as a way to welcome me to the family. Before Cadoc’s party, I stared at the closet, trying to think of what I wanted to wear. Everything seemed wrong. It was weird being back in the same place I had been as the year before.
Last year, I’d been having trouble picking an outfit for my date with Jasper. I remembered Audrey insisting that I was having trouble because I was going out with the wrong guy. Now, I seemed to be there again.
Everything that I was going to wear seemed wrong. If I wore something conservative, it would be like I
