“Fine.”
I nodded and took his hand. If I was still going to be me, there was only one store that could work. It wasn’t expensive or fancy, but it was me. I was betting we would find something there that wouldn’t embarrass him. When I stopped, his eyes widened.
“Here?”
“Keep an open mind.”
I dragged him inside my favorite store and smiled. He seemed surprised when he started looking through the clothing, and together, we pulled some things off the shelf. More excited than before, I headed to the fitting room with him. He sat in a comfy chair that was in the front and waited for me to reappear.
I started with what he had wanted. A pair of dark blue jeans, not skinny ones, but they were called slit skate jeans. How appropriate was that? I paired it with a red off-the-shoulder ruched smock top. There was a drawstring through the middle that allowed me to leave a sliver of my stomach showing. It made my breasts look amazing.
“What do you think?”
Liam looked up and smiled.
“I think you look great.”
I smiled.
“Really?”
Crossing to me, he gathered my hair in his hands and bunched it together on the side of my head. Dragging me to a mirror, he nodded.
“Do you think you can clip it like this and maybe curl it? And we can put a rose in it. It will make your neck look spectacular. You have a long neck. You need to show it off.”
It was a shame that I didn’t feel anything special when he touched me. He really was very charming.
“I’m sure I can figure something out.”
“Okay. Good. Now let me see the other things.”
I rolled my eyes but went back and tried on a few more things. By the end, we had decided on a cute skirt, a second pair of jeans, two sweaters, and a simple but cute black dress. He paid the cashier and took the bags. Taking my hand again, he led me deeper into the mall.
“Shoes and nails and then we can go back to my place and watch the first episode ofFormula One.”
I was so excited, I barely noticed what shoes he picked out, and we hurried to the nail salon. As I sat getting my nails done, I stared at Liam in his tennis shorts and polo shirt and frowned. Although I still was unclear what kind of guy he used to be, it seemed to me that he no longer suited those clothes.
Liam
There was a devious look in Isabella’s eyes as we walked out of the nail salon. I had noticed her staring at me a lot during her manicure, but now I was starting to think it wasn’t just because she liked my pretty face.
“I realized while I was sitting there that we need to get you a little bit updated as well.”
I looked down at myself and frowned. I thought I was looking rather good today. Isabella rolled her eyes.
“Did Cassidy pick those out for you?”
With a grimace I nodded my head. Taking my hand, Isabella started to drag me further into the mall.
“Where do you want to shop? You can get anything other than a polo shirt or tennis shorts.”
Looking around, we walked into a few stores, but Isabella kept shaking her head.
“You’re not a forty-year-old man. Where are the fancy stores that still sell jeans? Maybe some V-neck shirts to show off your body. I’m assuming you have one that is worthy of being shown off.”
To my surprise, she reached out and felt my forearms before sighing. I couldn’t help but smile.
“What’s the verdict?”
