theimperious:
“Open it. Come on, take it.” (Click on it.)
Her cheeks flushed a violent scarlet as she begrudgingly accepted the gift. Violet had never done presents well, all the more knowing the lineage that Malachi came from. The very idea that he spent any exuberant amount of money on her was enough to drive her into a permanent corner. But she knew she couldn’t argue with him. Gingerly the blonde plucked at the powder blue bow and when that was undone she lifted the lid of the box--
too extravagant. Of course it was absolutely gorgeous. For a long moment Violet was speechless, simply staring at the bauble in its precious manger but after she gained the ability to speak she merely commented, “It’s so beautiful.”
More silence. For a long while she just looked at it, too afraid that touching it would shatter something so precious. Only when she broke eye contact with the necklace did she look up to Malachi and ask, “Help me put it on?”
