Page 107 of In the Dark

“I want to see you in them all, Viper. I’m going to enjoy every single one.”

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Callahan

WHILE SHE TRIED ON dresses, I texted my men about the burglary that had happened to Jasmina. We’d narrowed down the suspects, and I wasn’t above just killing them all.

Jameson

Follow them for a week and see what else we can get from them?

Instead of killing them for them stabbing my future wife?

Jameson

Enjoy her rather than go on a killing spree right now. They might just be hired muscle, Cal. You want the mastermind behind it.

I want them too.

Archer

The team will get it done. I’ll make sure of it.

Each and every one of them are mine after this week. Gather all intel we need on them.

I clicked off my phone and took a few deep breaths before she came out in her next dress.

I’d seen her in probably twenty dresses. And every single one I was convinced was the best.

“This is the last one I’m trying on,” she whined from the fitting room like none of this was a good time, then I heard her cousins tell her she’d try on ten more if she needed to. She had to get one that fit, and there wasn’t much time.

Not sure why she kept going back into that room with them at this point. It seemed her cousins went in there with her half the time to tell her exactly why they didn’t like the one she had.

They were opinionated brats.

And anyway, I’d paid to make sure no one else was in the boutique while we were. She could stand out here naked in front of me and change and I’d give her every damn compliment she needed in the world.

The sleeved ones had jewels that danced over her slim arms and seemed to make her sparkle more than she already did.

The beading down the back of one made my mouth water for her.

The way the lace hugged her hips on another reminded me of her delicious curves.

The smooth sweetheart ones were understated, making her the sole focus, not that she wasn’t going to be anyway.

“You want two or three to wear that day?” I asked loudly from the other side of the fitting room. The saleswoman’s eyes bugged out.

“No,” Jasmina answered while her cousins answered, “Oh my God, yes.”

I grumbled at how they were constantly trying to make her decision. I’d brought her here because I knew how much her family meant to her. But sometimes who and what you loved weren’t always healthy. Sometimes people used the bond you thought you had with them to exploit you, and when you were blinded by wanting their acceptance so much, it felt like love.

I got up from my chair, knowing that I’d had enough even if she hadn’t.

“All right, everyone out of her fitting room,” I barked on the other side of the door.

Annarose and Maribel looked a little concerned at me as they walked out.

“Why don’t you two go downstairs and have a glass of champagne while I discuss the options with my bride?” I gave them both a look that told them I was done with them.