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They hit the wo area first, and for a woner labels, she didn’t seem to be fazed by the lack of fashion choices He followed her through the aisles, and it didn’t take her long to toss a bunch of ites, jeans, a few tops, a pair of shorts, and a couple of easy-to-wear dresses Since it was nearing su distance of the beach, she picked out a tiny bikini in her size—God help hi with a cover-up and added them to the pile Next, she found slip-on sneakers and sandals, which joined the rest of her new attire
In the undergarment section, he watched as she selected sexy-as-fuck, barely there panties over the more standard cotton pairs, and two lacy bras—one in black and the other beige In went a sexy little ca to wreak havoc with his self-control and wandering gaze She’d always liked pretty underthings and clearly that hadn’t changed
Toiletries were next, including bath and hair products and a few basic makeup items, then on to the food department, where Collin picked up provisions for breakfast and lunches, figuring they could order in for dinner or go out to eat at a nearby restaurant if she was feeling up to it As they started down the next aisle, Rae gasped loudly and abruptly stopped, her eyes huge as she took in everything featured on the shelves in front of her
“What’s wrong?” he asked, having no idea what had caused her shocked expression since there wasn’t anyone around
“Oh, e display of every kind of candy iinable “Look at all this chocolate!” she exclaihted little kid, h “And Twizzlers and Skittles and Milk Duds!”
She nalanced to the other side of the aisle and the long row of cookies ahead of her “And Double Stuf Oreos!”
She rushed to the display and picked up a package of the cookies, staring at it with such yearning before she glanced up at Collin “Do you kno long it’s been since I’ve had cookies or candy or junk food in general?”
Her reaction was absolutely adorable and so sentiid and restricted her life had been, and itin his chest ache for her That she worked her ass off yet couldn’t occasionally treat herself to the things she enjoyed theup, and when she ca hissweet had been a rebellious little thrill for her
“I’ it’s been a while?”
She nodded, the hoodie on her head bobbing with the ly sad and soed in anything that wasn’t deemed as healthy or nutritious or within roceries and meals based on what my personal trainer puts on my weekly diet plan, and trustand barely tolerable” She esture and he chuckled
“Yeah, well, your ht now,” he pointed out, purposely appealing to that daring side to Raevynn’s personality “So why don’t you enjoy yourself and your self-i copious amounts of junk food if you want to?”
She bit her bottoestion, but it didn’t take her long to coleefully adding all of her favorite snacks to their cart, including bags of Cheetos and Doritos
He eyed the amount of processed food now in their basket and shook his head at her, though he was grinning “You know, you probably won’t eat all this” And if she did, she’d make herself sick
She blinked at hiuilelessly “I know, but I want to have options” She shrugged “Can we check out the ice cream aisle while we’re here, too?”
He laughed, and while he’d never been able to deny her anything way back when, it was clear that still held true “Ben and Jerry’s Chocolate Fudge Brownie?” he guessed, knoay too many of her weaknesses