[Double-C Ranch, Men 17, Return-7] A Weaver Vow by Allison Leigh

Author:Allison Leigh [Leigh, Allison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 0373657390
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

When Jolie came to find her a few minutes later, Isabella was still trembling. “Are you all right, dear?”

Isabella quickly brushed back her hair and nodded. “Fine. Sorry. Let’s get back to that dress.”

Jolie gave her a close look but mercifully said nothing. She just nodded and led the way back to the dining room.

Once they were settled at the table, Isabella quickly reached for one of the sketches. The one showing the most elegant dress of them all. “Do you mind?”

Jolie waved her hand. “Have at it.”

Isabella began marking up the sketch with a pencil, determinedly pushing Erik as far into one corner of her mind as he would go. She replaced the severe strapless neckline with the deep halter of the gown in the second sketch. Then she lengthened the modest train to match the longer length in the third sketch. She avoided thinking about how she’d never even considered what sort of wedding dress she might wear after Jimmy had proposed. But now, she couldn’t seem to stop wondering what sort of gown Erik would want to see on his intended.

Probably something traditional.

Simple.

With a hint of sass.

“She wants bling,” Jolie told her, interrupting the foolish reverie. “Crystals. Beading. We don’t have time to do a lot of beading.”

She renewed her focus. This was about Bethany’s gown. And nothing else. “And you say she wants something filmy and airy, to suit the season, but the only fabrics she’s willing to consider are heavy satins.”

“Exactly. And even if I can convince her that she’ll need something very lightweight to get that airy feeling, I can’t think of any that would be substantial enough to bear the weight of that much bling.” Jolie practically bared her teeth on the word.

Isabella thought about the scads of embellished fabrics she’d had at her disposal at NEBT. If she could call in a few favors, get her hands on some, it would ease their task considerably. “If we bead here—” she made a few more marks on the sketch “—and here, the weight shouldn’t be too bad. We’ll have to line it, naturally, but with the skirt constructed of several layers of translucent fabric, maybe with some subtle ruffling, she’ll have the airiness. We could even do some crystals on one of the heavier underlayers—say, the satin she wants—so some shimmer would peek through. What time of day is the wedding?”

“Two o’clock in the afternoon.”

She’d bet Erik would want an afternoon wedding. Followed by a big barbecue-style reception.

Stop it!

“Pretty formal trimmings for an afternoon wedding,” she managed, and earned another close look from Jolie.

“Yes,” the other woman agreed. “But try telling that to Bethany.”

Isabella kept her gaze on the sketch. Bethany’s sketch. “What if we switched from ivory to white? Took out the heavy satin? Would that seem more in keeping with an afternoon wedding? Maybe use a butterfly motif or something?” She tossed the suggestion out almost desperately.

“I think that sounds perfect,” Jolie said. “But again...selling the idea to Bethany is the problem.

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