Once A Princess by Johanna Lindsey

Author:Johanna Lindsey [Lindsey, Johanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

It was Vasili who showed up to escort her to dinner. But Tanya had made sure she

wouldn't need any help with her dress, nearly straining her shoulder muscles twisting about

to do up the buttons herself. They could have chosen dresses easier to get in and out of, but

she wasn't going to complain. She was too amazed by her appearance to do other than

smirk when Vasili looked her over with some amazement of his own.

The two dresses she had to choose from were the same size, one a beige plaid, the

other a bright lemon satinet with bishop sleeves and matching shoes. The shoes were a bit

small, but both dresses fit her better than she could have hoped, except for one small area—

right across her breasts. Obviously the dresses had been bought already made, and for a

woman of smaller proportions than she.

The necklines of the dresses were in the favored boat shape, which exposed

shoulders, neck, and a great deal of upper chest, sloping to a point just over the breasts. In

this case, the point was rather deep on both dresses. A chemisette could have added some

becoming lace to the area, but Stefan had said he would forget to include underclothing

when he bought her clothes, and whether he actually forgot or intentionally forgot, there was

none included with the dresses.

Under normal circumstances, Tanya would have been so selfconscious, she wouldn't

have worn either dress. She'd always hidden her breasts under highnecked shirts in thick

materials, so they were nearly invisible. Here she was exposing all, so to speak, or at least

the upper curves of her breasts, made worse since they were squeezed together because

of the tightness of the material in that area. But these weren't normal circumstances. In fact,

her first look at herself in the large mirror above the dressing table in the cabin made her

think of only one thing. Stefan would see her like this and wouldn't like it at all. And that made

her determined to wear the dresses exactly as they were.

She settled on the bright lemon yellow for tonight, simply because its color was so

opposite her usual dull ones and went well with her dark hair. Even her dancing costume

wasn't as flattering to her figure. And this without benefit of a corset. Tanya was pleased,

more than pleased. She'd never known that she could look like this.

There wasn't much she could do with her hair, however, other than tie it back. But she

did remove the wide, lace-trimmed ornamental bow at the back of the dress to tie it at her

nape instead. She could, of course, have tucked that strip of yellow into her deep

décolletage to make the dress a bit more demure. But with Stefan's reaction uppermost in

her mind, she didn't even consider it.

She had a few second thoughts about it, however, when Vasili stared overlong at her

chest. But the rest of her also underwent a thorough inspection, so she let it pass.

"You look lovely, Princess."

Her brows shot up. "A compliment from you? Are you feeling well, Vasili?"

He laughed and remarked, "You are amusing if nothing else.

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