The Mister Series Collection: Part One: Mr. Mayfair, Mr. Knightsbridge, Mr. Smithfield by Bay Louise
Author:Bay, Louise
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781804560174
Published: 2023-10-13T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Hollie
I only had thirty minutes before I had to leave for Gabrielâs party, but I hadnât spoken to Autumn for two days. Iâd mastered video calling on my Daniels & Co smartphone, far quicker than Iâd mastered the design softwareâthough I was improving on that frontâso Autumn and I could chat while I got ready to meet Dexter.
âWhatâs Dexter going as?â Autumn asked as I pulled out my onesie from the pile of clean laundry.
Dexter had blindsided me, telling me Gabrielâs birthday party wasnât fancy dress as in we had to dress fancy, but the British version of a costume party. Iâd had two days and zero dollars to find the perfect outfit.
âMaverick.â
âTop Gun?â
âYeah. You know what guys are like. They all think they have a Navy fighter pilot on the inside waiting to get out.â Though Dexter was always Mr. Cool and Above It All, I actually thought it was refreshingly human that he had an inner child wanting to be Tom Cruise.
âAnd youâre not going as Kelly McGillis?â
I groaned. Autumn was usually a little more creative. âI have at least five reasons why thatâs a bad idea.â
âI have enough patience for your top three.â
âOne, itâs boring. Itâs the first time Iâm meeting his friends. I donât want them to think I have zero imagination. Two, why should my costume be dependent on his? Maverick was Maverick. You canât even remember Kelly McGillisâ characterâs name.â
âOkay, so you could have gone as Goose. And anyway, that was only two reasons.â
âNo,â I said. âIâm steering away from anything with a Simpson-Bruckheimer vibe.â
âBut you want your costumes to interrelate, right?â
âNo. Absolutely not,â I confessed.
âIâm totally confused,â she said. âWhy not?â
I didnât want to talk to my sister about something I didnât want to even think about. But as usual, what I wanted really didnât matter. âBecause, you know, itâs not like weâre engaged.â
âBut youâre a couple, right?â
It felt like we were a couple. It had been creeping up on me for a while, but it wasnât a feeling I was used to, so it was difficult to recognize. Ever since our fight, things had been different. Something had shifted. Heâd given his doorman my name so I could go up to his apartment without him in case he got tied up at work. He kissed me differentlyâhis eyes were more searching before his lips touched mine. We were interconnected in a way we werenât before, but thereâd been no discussion or labelling and that was completely fine. âI donât know what we are,â I confessed. âItâs going to look a little stalkersville if I dress in a complementary costume and he wasnât expecting it. Anyway, I go back to my previous argumentâI should have my own cool costume. My decision about what I wear shouldnât be dictated by what Dexterâs wearing.â
âOh my God, Hollie,â Autumn said. âIâve never heard you so ruffled by a guy.â
âIâm not ruffled,â I said. âIâm saying the oppositeâthat I donât want to be dressing a certain way because of his costume.
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