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Sarah started to protest then recalled how uess that would work, butthat would blow Jude’s ination because Sarah wasn’t used to skin showing and didn’t want to feel self-conscious in front of Jude’s c

oworkers? Did such a dress exist?

The dress Jude had given her for the evening before had been beautiful, had covered up her body, yet had gently hinted at as beneath She’d felt fe out He’d done a great job Maybe she should have hired hiht

Only she couldn’t afford the name brands he’d sent

“So,” she told the clerk, as patiently waiting for Sarah to finish the co “It’s for a date at a fire department party I’ve never met any of them except my date and it’s only our second date” Or was it third? Did the night she’d set off her s up ht I will feel out of place as it is, so anything I can do to raise my comfort level is a plus”

Cher smiled and waved away Sarah’s concerns “Like I said, leave this toMy friend can do subtly sexy No problehter want to take you for a spin on his truck”

Taking out her cellphone and punching in a nu Sarah couldn’t s like plain Jane, boring, out of her league

Not that the clerk knew Sarah was out of her league

Not once had Sarah told anyone who she was going out with, or even that she was going out at all Part of her still couldn’t fathom why Jude had asked her out, much less asked her a second time to attend a party at his fire hall

Maybe he wanted someone more normal to take to where he worked than someone a Davenport would typically date So, act, e

At least that theoryto date her for real seemed too far-fetched

“Wow!” Jude gushed when Sarah opened her apart for the limo”

Lowering her lashes, layered with mascara, Sarah bit the inside of her painted bottom lip “Is it too much? You didn’t say what I should wear”

Eyeing her like she was the sweetest piece of candy, he shook his head “It’s perfect You’re perfect”

“You don’t think I have on toocomfortable with the creams and powders Cher had brushed onto her face