Rags To Riches: At His Bidding. Rebecca Winters
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Название: Rags To Riches: At His Bidding
Автор: Rebecca Winters
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Контркультура
Серия: Mills & Boon M&B
isbn: 9781474068956
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The next morning, Coco tried to avoid Benjamin, which was difficult because the villa wasn’t that large. So she took Emma for walks in the stroller. Three of them. She was just about to leave for a walk on her own when Bridget called.
“Time for shopping,” Bridget said. “Now don’t turn me down. I know you’re not doing anything. Mr. Bernard reports that you’ve taken Emma on multiple walks.”
“I don’t know, Bridget,” she said and decided to be honest. “These boutiques may be a bit out of my price range.”
“Oh, don’t worry about that. Eve wants to give this to you as a gift,” Bridget said.
“Oh, no. I couldn’t,” she said, horrified at the prospect.
“She’ll be terribly offended if you don’t accept. Eve is so kind and wonderful. You wouldn’t want to offend her, would you?” Bridget asked, and Coco couldn’t help thinking she was being played.
“I’m sure she would get over it,” Coco drawled.
“Oh, stop being so difficult. Even if you don’t find anything you like, it will get you off the palace grounds, and you shouldn’t miss Chantaine’s downtown area. Some find it quite quaint.”
Coco couldn’t disagree with the idea of escaping Benjamin for a while. “All right,” she said. “You’re very kind to invite me, but don’t count on coming back with anything for me.”
Soon enough, Coco learned that Bridget was one pushy princess. “Oh, please,” Bridget said after they’d cruised through the second boutique. “You’re making this miserable. There’s got to be something you like. There are so many dresses that would look wonderful on you.”
Coco shrugged. All the prices had been out of her range so far. “You know how it is when you can’t find exactly the right dress,” Coco said as she sifted through a rack of dresses. She wandered toward a sale rack in the back of the store.
“Trust me, there’s nothing there,” Bridget said. “Come back up front.”
Coco continued to flip through the rack and found a simple sapphire-blue full-length dress. The price was still a little high, but...
Bridget came to her side. “Lovely color. A little plain, but with a little jewelry, it would do.” She glanced at Coco and smiled. “You have Devereaux eyes, only a little sweeter.”
“You’re the sweet one,” Coco said. “Putting up with me to do all this shopping.”
“Oh, trust me,” Bridget said. “This is a pleasure after playing ranch frau this morning. Now try on your plain dress. I’m ready to disapprove and we’ll move on to the next shop.”
Coco tried on the dress and loved it. She loved that the color was vibrant and the design simple, a V-neck with an A-line that flattered her slim frame.
Bridget crossed her arms over her chest and shook her head. “I want to veto it, but something about it is perfect. We can do something with your hair, give you some jewelry, the right shoes.”
“Shoes?” Coco echoed. “I have black heels.”
“We can do better than that,” Bridget said.
Coco felt a sinking sensation. “Better than black heels?”
“Of course we can,” Bridget said.
Coco wrestled with Bridget to pay the bill. For a moment there, it could have gotten bloody, but Coco pulled out the guilt screws. “This is embarrassing me,” Coco said.
Bridget immediately backed off. For a full moment. “Fine,” she said. “But I’m still getting your shoes.”
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