Bad Boys & Billionaires: An Anthology by C.J. Pinard

Author:C.J. Pinard
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: romantic suspense, billionaires, military romance, bad boys, romance money

Chapter 5

An hour and a half later, I had self-exiled to a changing room. Wondering, literally, what in the world had I gotten myself into.

I liked to wear nice things. I liked to wear them just as much as any girl who wasn’t either kidding herself or on some existential cleanse liked to wear nice things.

But this…? This had taken that sentiment to a whole other level.

I looked as though I had been painted, skin to skin painted, in shimmering metallic lace.

Amanda called it silver, but I had promptly dubbed the color gunmetal—hearing one of the salespersons mutter the word as I walked past. It was slightly darker than your average winter snowflake—with darker, stormy tints that gave it a bit of an edge. It clung to my body like a second skin but was in no way unflattering. In fact, it made my skin practically glow translucent white under its reflective swirling tints. It wound its way up around my neck like an elegant halter and then plunged down into the lowest neckline I’d ever seen. It was delicately beaded over a thin empire waist, but rather than flaring out in a loose skirt the way most dresses I owned tended to do, it hugged around my tiny hips and then fell straight down to the floor.

Enchanted, I snapped a picture and sent it to my mom before venturing out into the waiting room mirrors.

“Oh my gosh!” Amanda gushed all in one breath. “You look so different! You look beautiful!”

I paused a moment with a frown, considering her statement. “Thanks…? I’m not going to lie. I absolutely love it! I already sent a picture to my mom.”

Amanda’s eyes sparkled as she prepared to try on a gown of her own. “What did Sharon say?”

Right on cue, I glanced down at my phone as it beeped a reply. “She told me that grand larceny is a crime, and I’d better put it right back on the hanger,” I answered with a crooked grin.

Amanda laughed and disappeared into a changing room. A minute later, I heard her rustling around.

“Okay,” she opened the door with a flourish, “what do you think?”

My hands flew up to my mouth as I gave her a round of girly applause. “You look stunning. That green is the perfect color for your eyes.” I snapped another picture on my phone, knowing she’d want a “changing room reaction” immortalized for all eternity. When I was done, I gave her another once over, and my face softened into a thoughtful smile. “Seriously, Mandi, you look perfect. Gosh—sometimes it feels like yesterday that we were playing dress up in our moms’ closets and look at us now. I don’t even know what to say.”

She gave me a long look. For a moment, I thought she also imagined our childhood days. But then she gestured to herself impatiently.

“Oh!” I exclaimed, remembering my scripted lines. “And it makes your boobs look amazing!”

“Yeah, it does.” She grinned, adjusting her sweetheart neckline to show off her cleavage.

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