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"Now," she told hi the belt of his robe at her narroaist "I need you to bend over the sink"
Twenty minutes later, Maylee was pleased with Griffin’s transforht hair that was always plastered to his skull She’d washed his hair and then put a bit of styling wax on her fingers to tousle his hair, and with the help of a blow dryer, Griffin’s hair was now a light golden-brown crown that topped his head in stylish spikes It was slightly tousled, but trendy, she decided Way better than his old hairstyle "There," she announced "You look ten years younger"
He gave her a curious look, then reached for his glasses and put the his expression in the hed "No, you don’t You look very handsome And I’ll have you know, this is how Luke Houston’s hair was done in his last azines at the hair salon and was inspired "Trustviscount instead of like my Pepaw did your hair for you"
He still looked uncertain, touching one of the spikes "And you like this?"
"I love it," she enthused He did look incredibly handsohtly too nerdy and scholarly to a bit more devilish
Griffin nodded, and then reached for his shirt "Very well, then We should get going"
"All right" She averted her gaze so she wouldn’t watch hi at her temporary boss, that would e off the borrowed robe and then replacing it in the closet Her hand smoothed down the soft fabric of the robe It had smelled like his soap, and it was odd how reluctant she was to part with it Party dress, she re the prettiest party dress ever You can’t wear a bathrobe over that, no ood it shty nice
When he put his jacket back on, it was safe for her to turn around, and she watched hiers, and then held the tie out for her again She fixed hio?"
Griffin smoothed his jacket one last time in the mirror, and she realized he was nervous It ht Heck, she was nervous, too, and no one was really expectingfor you to ith your dress," Griffin said
"An eave her a wry s to my title"
"Oh" Her eyes widened "I don’t know that I could, Mr Griffin"
"Well, I certainly can’t," he said, fidgeting with his tie "They’d clash terribly with le "I’rinned over at her, and she felt like she always did when he sifted a present "I’h, pressing her hands to the front of her gown "You’re going to make my boobs pop out of this dress"
"Heaven forbid," he said in a dry voice that implied he wouldn’t ain And she could have sworn he glanced down at her boobs
They did look pretty nice in this dress, if she said so herself
He picked up a small case off the top of the dresser and opened it, then showed her the jewels Big, square unadorned e posts, and the necklace consisted of glittering diaether, with threefrom the center
"Oh, lordamercy, that looks rather expensive," Maylee breathed
"It is"
"Oh, dear" She touched an earring and winced It was heavy "What happens if I lose one?"
"I sue you for three hundred thousand Bellissi back onto the velvet tray "Really?"
"No It’s just an earring And it’s insured Don’t be so nervous"
"What happens if I barf on it?" she asked as he picked up the necklace
"Is that likely?" He indicated she should turn around
"Pretty likely," she ad around Lorda out of Pretty Woht "Do you norirls’ clothes?"
The cool chain of diamonds slid over the base of her throat, and then she felt Griffin’s hands brush against her nape as he did the clasp "I can say with perfect honesty that you are the first one I have ever purchased clothing for"
For some reason, that made her feel better She patted the necklace and then picked up the first earring To her relief, it had two backings--one that was a norold clasp, and the other a wax ball that would prevent the post frooodness Maylee put both earrings on and gave her head a little shake to test theant," Griffin said
"So in other words, nothing like reed, that odd look on his face
And for soain He didn’t see She couldn’t ith hiht she was pretty and actuallyvanishing again Now she just felt weighed down, like she earing a wallet around her neck "Are you ready to go, Mr Griffin?"
He extended his aresture
She put her hand in the crook of his sleeve, and they headed downstairs