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She crossed her arms over her chest “No way”

Clover had gone stubborn What a shock

“So you already have a cocktail dress?” he asked

“No”

“Well, you do now”

Her eyes were still narrowed, but not soin their dark depths “It had better not be totally fugly”

For all he knew, it could be He’d snapped a surreptitious picture of Clover while they andering around the flea market and had sent it to a personal shopper at Dylan’s Depart with a few notes about what Clover needed Jaqui had never done hi when it came to presents for hisall of that to Clover though would take the fun out of it

“It’s completely hideous,” he said with as much seriousness as he could muster

She rolled her eyes “The next six weeks are going to last forever”

“Just keep your eye on the fifteen-thousand-dollar prize, Clover, and you’ll h”

Good advice for hi as he reination was already torturing hies of her in a million sexy dresses And out of them

Chapter Eleven

Clover twirled around in front of the ht hair Procrastinating? Her? Never Who wouldn’t want to brave a cocktail party at the Dragon Lady’s den and spend the evening lying her ass off?

Coht was not fugly The multicolored, striped sheath dress was fun, fit like a dreaner on the label, cost as much as her rent The new black heels, which matched the dress’s black-beaded, sleeveless neckline, were a tad tight on her toes, but not enough to eous She definitely looked put together, but there was no way she was passing for a high-society girl Thank God, they’d worked that into their cover story during the trip to the flea market

“Are you going to hide in there all night?” Sawyer asked from the other side of her closed bedroom door “I didn’t take you for a chicken”