"I have something else to present."
A confused murmur rippled through the audience. Mo Lili and Madam Mo looked at each other, and I could only chuckle. The final dress had walked. What else was there?
That was definitely what they thought.
I ignored the MC who gave me a look of confusion. I looked past the lights, past the front row, to the sound booth at the very back where Jing Xu was waiting. I gave him a single nod.
This was the part of the plan no one knew about. Something I had wanted to do since Yichen came back and wrecked my whole world, plunging me into a series of confusion, desire, and fear.
Fear that I had become soaked into something that wasn't needed between us.
Something that was far from saving, for both of us.
The music faded into silence. The bright runway lights snapped off, plunging the garden into darkness, lit only by the hundreds of red lanterns.
The crowd hushed, confused. But prepared for the next show either way.
