Alicia had gotten off work late and had just enough time to shower, change, throw on some perfume and lipstick, which was her main concession to a beauty regimen, and then fly out the door.
She was wearing a skirt with her favorite pair of knee high boots, and a gauzy blouse over it, and be damned if whatever perfect pureblood her mum had picked out didn't like it. She wasn't doing this for him. She was doing it because otherwise her Mum would drive her nutters.
When she walked into the restaurant, she scanned it for anyone she knew, feeling relief when she didn't see Selwyn. There were some couples, a few older men, and one single man sitting with his back to her.
She pressed her lips together for a moment, then let out a breath, crossing the room just in time for him to look up, her eyes widening and her mouth dropping open just a little.