Page 314 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 1
I turned to the mirror that was behind me. It did help, but it still wasn't perfect.
"I think maybe you should try the next one," Jen said.
"What do you think, Penny?" my mom asked.
"I think it's missing a wow factor."
Bee laughed. "Just wait until you see the one that Jen picked out."
"Okay, let's go try on the next one," Anna said.
I followed her back toward the dressing rooms.
"Would you like to finish the dresses I picked out so that you can get a feel for the different styles? Or would you like to jump into the ones your friends picked out?"
"Let's finish the ones you brought first," I said and entered the dressing room.
Anna unzipped my dress and helped me step out of it. "So was your fiancé the same year as you in school?" She grabbed the next dress off the hook.
I ran my thumb along the band of my engagement ring. I wasn't ashamed of how I had met James. Why did I always skirt around the truth when people asked? "No, not exactly."
Anna whistled as she pulled the next dress up my waist. "Older or younger?"
"Older." I shouldn't have to beat around the bush anymore. I wasn't embarrassed of how we met.Screw it."Actually, he was my professor."
Anna met my eyes in the reflection in the mirror as her fingers stopped mid-zip of the dress. "You're not talking about James Hunter?"
The scandal had followed us to New York. I just thought that it had been so long ago that no one really remembered anymore. "Yeah, that's him."
"Oh my God, you're engaged to James Hunter?"
"Yes."
She finished zipping up the dress. "He is quite the catch. I remember hearing about you two. I thought your story was so sweet."
For some reason, that hadn't been what I thought she was going to say. I turned toward her. "Thank you for saying that."
She smiled back at me. "Love has no age limit. Now, what do you think about this one?"
The dress was beautiful. It was strapless and the bottom of the dress was huge and poofy. I felt like a princess. "It's gorgeous." I stared at my reflection for another second. "I think I want something a little more sophisticated though."
She nodded. "Should we show them?"
"Yeah, let's see what they have to say about this one." I lifted up the huge skirt and walked back toward the group.
"Oh, God no," Melissa said as I stepped up onto the platform.
I laughed and turned around.
"Sorry I'm late," she said and sat down next to my mom on the couch.
"What, is this one that bad?"
"It makes you look so young," she said. "Which you've been trying to not be ever since you met James."
I pressed my lips together and looked back at the mirror. I didn't want simple and I didn't want poofy.
"What you need is an elegant dress that is classy and sexy at the same time," Jen said.
