The Forgotten Heiress novel Chapter 70

Was that mark in her eye getting darker? Jessica asked herself.

Or were her eyes getting brighter?

The hand that held the mascara brush froze in midair and she leaned over her en-suite counter; closer to the mirror, to take a closer look at her eyes.

Or was it a combination of the two? She wondered.

Before she could decide there was a knock at the door followed by her mom's voice, "Jess, are you ready to go?"

She hastily brushed one last coat of mascara on her eyelashes before taking a look at herself. Her eyes weren't the only thing that had changed; her whole outer appearance was different. She was different, but in a way that she was unable to put in words.

Jessica shook her head before she could get caught up in her own thoughts and she grabbed the jewelry case on the counter and opened the door. "Mind helping me with my necklace?"

Her mom readily agreed. Jessica gave her the case before turning and lifting her hair.

"It really is a beautiful necklace." She murmured.

"Thanks, I think so too."

"There." Lauren told her after she clasped the necklace and took a step back. "You are almost perfect."

Jessica turned around to look at her mom. She raised an eyebrow and asked. "Almost?"

Lauren took Jessica's arms and spread them away from her body; she stepped back, tapped her chin with her index finger and took a long look at her. "You look gorgeous, but something is missing."

"What?" Jessica asked, looking down at herself.

She was wearing a white, one shoulder, Grecian styled floor length dress with a belt made of thick locks of gold beads around the waist and matching detail at the neck that she'd paired with gladiator sandals. Jewelry wise she only wore the necklace that Nick had given her on her birthday.

Worrying her lip, Jessica wondered what she could be missing.