What the heart wants

5

" I love it!" Louis King exclaimed as she tried on her lace gown.
" Thank you Elizabeth."

" You're welcome." Elizabeth replied smiling.
" The makeup artist is on the way, she'll also be the one to help you with your auto-gele."

" My American friends will be so jealous once they see the pictures." Louis gushed and Aria just smiled.

" Imade, ṣ'oni lọwọ ṣọ ni( won't you go get dressed)?"

Aria sighed before making her way to the room. She stared at the gown her cousin had sent to her early that morning. It was a bright orange and although she didn't hate the colour, she didn't love it either.

She decided for a simple makeup seeing as she was just a bridesmaid, there was certainly no need to be extravagant. Once she was done, she got dressed and smiled at her reflection in the mirror before taking a quick picture and sending it to Zayn.

Ọrẹ mi❤️( my friend): It's fucking beautiful! But...can you even breathe in that?

' We should have made it 4 extra inches instead of 2. But I can breathe, thanks for your concern.'

Ọrẹ mi ❤️: You're gonna knock them off their feet.
P.s: make sure you get some before you come back 😉.

' How does Bella cope?' She texted in reply before slipping her phone into her small black clutch. She had to sit so she could wear her black heels. The rebel in her was very tempted to ditch the heels for her sneakers but she decided against it.

We wouldn't want Titobi having a heart attack now would we?

***

" The attire suits you Jared."

" Thank you sir." He replied with a small smile. His eyes kept flickering to the stairs every now and then hoping Aria would walk down. Aria's mother was the first to walk down the stairs wearing a grey lace gown with elaborate beading and a wide headgear on her head.

" Ewa mi!" Jude exclaimed.
" My beauty." He translated for the sake of his visitors.
" You look astounding, twirl for me."

Elizabeth did a twirl for her husband grinning widely as she did so.

" You keep getting more and more beautiful." Jude whispered to his wife.

Louis was the next to step down. She was particularly giddy because it was her first time in a Nigerian attire, and she loved it. She also did a twirl for her husband once she had fully descended from the stairs.

" You look lovely." Ryan complimented with a soft smile on his face causing Louis to giggle.

" Imade!" Elizabeth called.

" I'm here! I forgot something and had to rush to my room to pick it." Aria explained as she walked down the stairs.

Jared drew in a sharp breath at the sight before him. She was gorgeous. No matter how many times he saw her, her beauty still managed to catch him off guard. He took in every single feature from her luscious gloss coated lips, to her small waist, to her wide and incredibly curvy hips.

" Orente!" Her father exclaimed grinning widely

" Orente means beautiful lady in Yoruba." Her mother quickly translated.

" Ọmọ iya ẹ!"

" He means, she took after her mother."

" You look beautiful darling."

" Thank you daddy." Aria replied smiling shyly."

" You look amazing." Ryan complimented and she thanked him.