Going all In (Men of the Ice Book 8) by Michele Shriver

Author:Michele Shriver [Shriver, Michele]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sports athlete hockey, blind date, romance love story, big beautiful women
Publisher: SMC Publishing
Published: 2017-01-30T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Tori was all too happy to be recruited for the shopping adenture, leaving Lauren with little choice. She couldn’t wear cat pajamas when she invited Trent to spend the night. No, that wouldn’t do, so she’d suck it up, go shopping, and maybe even find something she wouldn’t be mortified to wear. That was the bar she set. Sexy? Doubtful. Not mortifying? That was a more realistic goal.

When they arrived at the mall, Tori made a beeline in the direction of a popular lingerie store.

Lauren grabbed her arm to hold her back. “Um, not happening,” she said. “At least not there.”

“Why?” Tori asked. “They’re having a sale.”

“Which is nice, for skinny girls. They don’t carry my size.” Lauren knew, because she’d gone in there once, after her thirty pound milestone, just to see what they had, and left depressed and embarrassed. No, even after losing what she considered to be a significant amount of weight, she was still too fat for them. Was it any wonder she didn’t want to do this?

“What? That’s discriminatory,” Tori exclaimed.

“Fine. You can go tell them that,” Lauren muttered. “Later. Let’s just go find the fat girl store and get this over with.”

Tori sighed. “You need to stop talking like that.”

“I’m trying. I really am,” Lauren said. “But I still hate shopping for clothes. Especially for undergarments that I’m expected to wear for a man, in the hope I can get him turned on.”

“Oh, I think you already know you can get him turned on,” Tori countered. “Don’t think about it that way. Look at it as doing this for yourself. For you to feel sexy and confident.”

Lauren barely contained her eye roll. “If you say so.” She found the plus-sized clothing store on the mall directory and they headed that way.

“Thanks for inviting me along,” Tori said as they walked. “I love shopping for lingerie. Too bad I won’t have the opportunity to wear any for a while. No boyfriend, knocked up... I have to live vicariously through you.”

It was funny to hear Tori say that, since it was only a couple of months ago when Lauren herself was left living vicariously through Riley as her relationship with Noah blossomed. She gave the nursing assistant a curious glance. “Does that mean you’ve decided to keep the baby?” The circusntances of the pregnancy were difficult at best, and she knew Tori struggled with her decision.

“Not sure. Maybe,” Tori said. “I still have a little time to change my mind.” They arrived at the store. “Let’s get you squared away first, then we’ll go get some lunch and talk, okay?”

“Sure.” Lauren appreciated the help, since she was out of her element here. “I don’t even know where to start.”

“Well, first, are there any budget limits? I ask, because my eyes are always bigger than my bank account.”

Lauren considered the question. “I can’t buy out the store, but I did just get paid, and it’s not as if I do this very often, so I can afford to splurge a little.

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