Bella Woods is waiting for the message from her uncle.
They agreed that he would contact her as soon as he returned.
He would attend this engagement party.
Originally, they hadn't firmly decided that he must come; the so-called idea of crashing the wedding was merely a joke.
Bella Woods had a plan, but she wouldn't proactively make a mess of things.
She just...
Relies on him increasingly more, feeling anxious at this engagement party, needing him to be there to feel a bit at ease.
Bella Woods doesn't even realize that it's only been a short time since the uncle appeared, but her dependence on him has reached another level.
However, she knows that this dependence stems from her feelings for Oliver Hughes being destroyed, which she then projects onto the uncle, making it unusually intense.
"Miss Woods, the makeup is done."
The makeup artist tidies up the tools.
Bella Woods gives her a smile: "Thank you."
