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Skylar see herself every bit as roans when Eden would frown and shake her head and say, "No, not quite right"

So, she was having a bit of fun at their expense Eden herself rarely went shopping for dresses for iners literally begging her to wear their apparel, and three gowns had already been delivered to her hotel for her to choose froh the party would be mostly the Aria staff, production team, directors and staff, there would still be key iraph their arrival, which hat the designers counted on

And for the launch, Aria had already chosen the gown they wanted her to wear: the flashy red dress with the long slit up one side of her leg that she’d worn in the con, so they wanted the wo the role of that wo Flirtatious Sultry Mysterious She wanted to roll her eyes at sos her job required, but overall it was a job she loved

She loved traveling and h at heart she was a homebody, much more comfortable as the real Eden she could be when she ith her faave her the best of both worlds An opportunity to see the world and yet still be able to come home to her father and brothers It was a career she wouldn’t change a single thing about

And, well, she knew realistically she likely had only a few more years, so there was still plenty of tie and children

"Eden?"

Guiltily, she swung her head up to see Swanny standing in the doorway of the dressing rooiven her away because he’d been very un to think about the possibility ofthey were still verytheir way around each other But she’d always been impulsive and one to put the cart before the horse, so to speak

She drank in the sight of him He looked so damn delicious that she wanted to shove hiainst the hile she devoured his mouth and a whole lot more

He was dressed in a white silk dress shirt with a black coat and slacks Usually a tie should acco decidedly sexy about that top button being undone and getting a gliant and it erous than she already knew him to be

"It’s perfect," she finally announced

"Thank fk," Swanny grumbled "We’ve already wasted thirty minutes of your lunch break and we haven’t even started shopping for you and Sky"

"Oh, I’ so is beautiful and with all that gorgeous blond hair, I already have a very good idea of ill look great on her"

Swanny stopped, his features scrunching into a scowl "What do you mean, you’re already taken care of? Wasn’t that the whole purpose of this trip, to find you a dress for the party in two nights?"

Her lips curved in a grin "Dahling," she said with exaggerated eners provide al for public appearances They vie for my attention because they want the publicity They provide a free dress in return for free publicity Win-win I have three gowns already delivered to the hotel for me to choose from, and I wouldn’t be surprised if more showed up"

"You little heifer," Swanny said in a h "You totally sether eyelashes innocently "I can’t help it if you looked so cute gruh several outfits"

Swanny shook his head and then ducked back into the fitting room to take the suit off

Skylar cracked up "Well done, Eden Well done, indeed I quite enjoyed that I have to say, you draw out a side to Swanny that ave her a serene smile and picked an invisible piece of lint from her shirt "He’s too easy and it’s so much fun to see hihter "Cute? I have to say I’ve heard Swanny described in many ways, but cute has never been one of the him, don’t you? I mean, it’s not an act with you You truly like hi that to make you uncomfortable or put you on the spot," Skylar hastened to say "It’s just that not et to know the real e heart, as I’m sure you know by now I think it’s really cool that you’re so accepting of hiether"

"He’s a very special ree," Skylar responded

They looked up to see Swanny coood as he’d looked in his suit, Eden’sjeans and the T-shirt that stretched over his broad shoulders and er over his shoulder Then he shot both wouys fared since they didn’t have you two torh half a dozen suits I bet they chose the first one they picked out"