COURTESY DEMANDS…

Payton knew that one of the best ways to not seem weak in front of the man was to always dress well.

Of course, she was not dressing to please the man. She would never do that.

She just wanted to maintain her elegance around him. She would never let him catch her unkempt.

She wore a shimmery black material dress. The V-neck was a little deep, held up by two small spaghetti straps, but then there was also a drapey off-the-shoulder cap sleeve.

She had actually worried that the dress would make her shoulders look huge as it was her first time wearing it, but with the pushup strapless bra she was wearing, she loved it. The material gathered below the bust then it loose fitting to the floor, with a slit that goes halfway up one thigh.

“You are so beautiful, Ma’am,” Tiana commented as Payton looked at herself in the mirror again.

“Thank you.”

“But, are you going out after having breakfast?” Tiana asked again.

“No, why?”

Tiana stared down at her dress again and then shook her head.

“Nothin