Page 50 of Knot Enough

“Whose dress you think she’s going to pick?” Sorren asked from the post he had taken up leaned against the wall as we waited for Lydia to show us the first dress.

“Bold of you to assume she’ll choose one of our dresses,” Finn replied.

“Wanna bet on it?” Sorren said, his lips curling in a smirk. That caught my attention. I always loved a good bet.

“What does the winner get?” I asked, raising one of my eyebrows. Sorren's smirk widened.

“100 dollars,” Sorren said, taking a hundred dollar bill from his wallet.

“Deal,” I said, confident I would be the winner.

“Count me in,” Graham announced.

“Me too,” Finn added.

With renewed interest, I turned my attention back to the closed dressing room door. Within seconds, Lydia had exited the room in Sorren’s red dress. As I thought, Lydia looked stiff and uncomfortable in the dress. A whistle echoed through the room.

“That looks gorgeous on you,” Sorren said, looking her up and down. Lydia returned his comment with an appreciative smile.

“Thanks, but I think I’m going to try the others on.” She said before closing the door behind her again. Once the door closed, Sorren silently mouth ‘damn it’. I chuckled and rolled my eyes at his reaction.

“Seriously, you chose that one for her?” Finn said as he cocked his eyebrow at Sorren.

“I may not have been thinking logically when I saw that dress,” Sorren replied.

“Obviously,” Graham commented.

After a while, Lydia returned wearing Finn’s lavender dress. The dress fit the shape of her body amazingly, and she looked more comfortable in this dress.

“Do you like it?” Finn asked Lydia. Lydia spun around the dress and looked at herself in the mirror.

“I do, but I’m not sure about having no sleeves.” She commented. Finn’s jaw tightened, but he didn’t say anything. After one more twirl, she returned to the dressing room.

“Guess you're out of the running.” Sorren teased. Finn grimaced and glared at Sorren. The tension was high now with only Graham’s and my dresses left. I was getting antsy when Lydia exited the dressing room again. The dress she wore wasn’t the one I chose; instead, it was a dark blue short dress that went to her knees. A glittery belt band wrapped around her waist, giving her a nice hourglass figure. The straps weren’t too thick, and the collar didn’t go too low either. This was definitely a dress Lyida would like.

“What do you think?” Graham asked as he observed the dress. I had a feeling he was looking at what needed to be taken in or up when we got the dress hemmed.

“It’s nice, I like it.” She said as she twirled in the dress again. “What do you think?” She asked, turning her gaze to Graham. Graham’s eyes met hers, and they softened slightly.

“I think it’s amazing on you.” He said. Lydia's face reddened slightly.

“I’m going to go try Gabriel’s on.” She stuttered out, walking quickly back into the room.

“Looks like we have a winner,” Finn announced. At Finn’s words, Sorren begrudgingly handed the bill to Graham, who confidently stuffed the money in his front pocket.

“She hasn’t decided yet.” I reminded them, but didn’t say anything else.

Lydia returned after a couple of minutes had passed. As I thought, the black dress looked like she was wearing a mini galaxy along the bottom. The see-through gave off an air of maturity while the lack of body to the dress made her feel more approachable. Lydia turned around in the dress and watched the glitter sparkle in the light. Looking at her face, I could tell she was enraptured by the dress.

“Gabriel?” She called out. Keeping my voice even, I replied to her.

“Yes?” I answered.

“Did you choose this dress?” She asked, turning to me. I nodded with a wide smile.

“I did, do you like it?” I asked, but I already knew the answer.

“Do I like it?”She said before running to me and jumping up to wrap her arms around my neck, “I LOVE IT.” She yelled out. “It’s amazing, it’s like I'm wearing a mini galaxy on my skirt!” She gushed out. I spun her around, matching her excitement, before finally letting her go. She ran over to Sorren and Finn to show them the dress. While all three were distracted, I walked over to Graham and took the bill from his pocket with two fingers.

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