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"Well, ured out Your daylight gig was an accident The real daylight drug is bound to bewith hope "Don’t you see, Glory? Forget the night ain"

My sto Ever" I laid my hand on his arm There was another impatient knock on the door and I checked the peephole Yep, the TV crew stood out there, anxious to get inside I hesitated, knowing this was our last chance for a private word for hours

"Ray, please think about this long and hard before you act on it And, reht into the daylight deal with Ian"

"Did I?" Ray srabbed the doorknob "I don’t think so, Ms Independent But I do owe you an apology I never should have taken your diet stuff Not fair to you" He glanced at Valdez "I deserved a night" He cleared his throat "Now, let’s do this"

Before I could respond to that, he opened the door and ushered in the crew, kissing Zia on the cheek and waving to the designers, ere relegated to the hall again

The next hour went by in a blur as the crew set up the living rooot a touch-up Nathan popped in for a few e shirts and tothe tould be seeing each other again They exchanged nu started

Zia did her usual intro She played up Ray’s involveain It was obvious that I was just a necessary evil

Finally, an assistant brought Melanie in and sat her in the e into her dress and accessories with the help of an a ssistant

This time the dress fit perfectly and the horrible shoulders had been reduced to a eable level I actually liked the dress and wished I could have seen the thing in a full-length iant flat screen turned on its side and a webca like Ian the inventor Oh, well, the life of a vampire

I walked out and saw Ray and Zia flanking Melanie I did a turn in front of the the way the blue skirt flared when I h to show a blue, red and yellow dragon design, between my breasts too

"Melanie, I just noticed what you were trying to do with the sheer fabric" I looked up and grinned "It looks like I have tattoos!"

"That’s right, Glory What do you think?" Melanie was all smiles

"Let’s hear from Israel Caine first, Melanie" Zia turned to Ray "How do you like it, Ray?"

Ray stood and walked aroundon" He winked at Melanie "Glory’s alished she could get a tat, haven’t you, baby?" We’d discussed ic to the dyes or she would" He traced a heart over the curve ofneckline "She’d put ave him a slow s behind h I’d warned him to be on his best behavior Of course, I’d had ample proof that he was an unpredictable rabbed Ray’s hand and pulled it to my lips for a playful nip

"Sure would, love Don’t you like the blue?"

"Matches your eyes, baby" Ray put his hands on my waist "What’s up with this belt?"

"Stars, Ray Melanie was thinking of you when shenoise

"Piling it on a little thick, aren’t you, Mel?" Ray laughed "I like it, but we’ve got two more dresses to see Let’s move on Good job, honey" He turned his famous sue fell out of her mouth and hit her pierced lip, another victio, then, Melanie Send in Darren next and Glory will change into his dress You’ll find out the winning design to when she appears on Israel Caine’s arm at the Graain

I really was fascinated by those sleeves Tattoos! How cool was that? But I hurried back to the dressing room I knew time was an issue Ray had a schedule for us to follow that included stopping at several parties I pulled off the dress and took the red one that was handed through the door This time it fit perfectly so maybe it was just as well that I hadn’t lost the three pounds the night before I slipped on the shoes, which I loved, and the jewelry and walked out I really felt like a princess in this one