Stained: An Alpha Billionaire Romance (The Monroe Trilogy Book 1) by Cynthia Dane

Author:Cynthia Dane [Dane, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alpha billionaire romance
Publisher: Barachou Press
Published: 2016-07-23T18:30:00+00:00

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Pauline the hairstylist spent an inordinate amount of time staring at Alice’s reflection and a picture of her in the dress the other stylists had picked out for her. Rayne kept throwing around the words “bun” and “braid,” but every other phrase made the skinny redhead flinch.

“This kind of face needs a symmetrical haircut, but not that symmetrical.” Her accent was so thick that Alice couldn’t place it. “Leave me. I need to consult with my art.” As soon as Rayne was gone, Pauline continued to mumble, “Had to get her out of here before she summoned Laryette.” Then, louder, “Now, how about we chop off these lovely locks of yours?”

“No!” Alice knew she shouldn’t have shouted with scissors so close to her head, but what else was she supposed to do? “I mean… no. Please don’t. Trim it if you want, but don’t chop it.”

Melodrama was the theme of the day. Pauline blew out a torrent of hot air through her mouth and nostrils before putting the shears down. “Fine, but don’t blame me if your look falls flat because you’re obsessed with your own hair color.”

Alice was getting tired of these people making assumptions about her. “Next you’ll be telling me that you want to dye my hair.”

“What? No way. You’ve got the natural blond tone we’re always trying to achieve for our dark-haired clients.” Pauline ruffled the top of Alice’s head for emphasis. “It’s noticeably blond but not outrageously so. We call this Conservative Blond. All the heiresses applying to law school crow for this color. Yet they want us to do it in a way that won’t fry their hair? Technology hasn’t caught up to us that well yet. Although…” She carefully parted Alice’s hair, scoping out both her roots and the way her hair grew gradually lighter the longer it fell. “If you wanted to dye it one day, we could do a really soft brown. Not quite chestnut, but almost there. Your skin tone is perfect for it.”

Alice considered it for one hot second. “We, huh?”

“You keep that Monroe wrapped around your pretty finger and I’ll be happy to keep doing your hair, sweetheart.” She picked up a tiny pair of scissors. “Now, about these bangs and disgusting split ends…”

There wasn’t much time for conversation when Pauline was pulling her hair – and not in the sexy way – clipping dangerously close to her ear, and trying every updo under the sun. Rayne came in and out of the hair studio, asking “How much longer?” and whether or not Pauline had any more of that sparkling champagne left. Alice was never offered any.

All these people think I should milk the man dry of his money. The thought had occurred to her more than once, but only as an outrageous fantasy. Alice was not into the idea of using a man for his money. She wouldn’t want to be used for her body, would she? Yet that’s probably what I’m signing up for. Classic Daddy-baby relationship.

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