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“Hello? Reception? Is there any way we could order a—” She put her hand over the receiver, and asked Penny, “One piece or bikini?”
“One-piece,” whispered Penelope back, smiling.
That was better. Rachel liked it when she smiled. “A swimsuit, please. And size?” She looked at Penelope and gestured desperately. “Sorry, wait a sec—why are you laughing? What size are you?Thankyou—sorry about that. A size 18 in US sizing.
“Do you have a preference as to color?—No, whatever you have will be fine, thank you.” She hung up and grinned. “They’ll have something here within fifteen minutes.”
“You didn’t have to do that,” said Penelope.
“What, and miss the opportunity to see you in swimwear? Not a chance!”
When a member of the staff came up with a choice of swimwear, Penelope went out into the hallway to choose, refusing to let Rachel see her pick. “It’s a surprise!” she insisted, and Rachel took the opportunity to change into her own outfit.
She had a two piece; cream, sleek, with pleating across the top of her bikini, and it paired very nicely with the navy sarong she had brought with her.
Penelope’s face when she saw her in it was very gratifying. “I… you…wow.”
“Wow?” Rachel laughed awkwardly, running her fingers through her curls. “It’ll do.”
“It’ll more than do,” said Penny. “How on earth am I supposed to compete with that?”
Rachel pulled her into her arms and tweaked her nose. “Your mere existence is enough to put me to shame,” she said. “Now go on, go change. I want to see what you’re wearing!”
While she waited, she tried on the cowboy hat with her bikini. It didn’t go with her outfit at all, but she was tempted to wear it anyway, for shits and giggles.
“Rachel?”
“Yes?”
“Could you do up the back of my swimsuit?”
“Of course!”
Penelope inched out of the bathroom, hiding behind her hair. “I think it looks okay.”
It looked more than okay. It was simple, black, with a cold-shoulder design, and a lowcut bikini line that cupped Penelope’s arse perfectly.
And her breasts… her breasts looked bountiful.
If Rachel was to choose a place to die, it would be in Penny’s cleavage.
“You look phenomenal,” she said. “Come on, spin around and let me do up the back.”
There was a clasp to support the inbuilt bra, which she snapped into place, and then spun Penelope out, making her laugh.
“We are going to knock everyone’s socks off,” Rachel said.
CHAPTER 27
Penelope
They could hear the chatter and laughter as they walked through the lobby. Penny hadn’t quite managed to talk Rachel out of wearing the cowboy hat, but the other woman still looked stylish.
For herself, Penelope was feeling a little shy. She’d messaged Bex and found out that she and Faith were going to be at the pool party as well, so at least she was going to know someone other than Rachel. But she still wasn’t entirely comfortable.
She gathered her sarong to her tighter. The orange looked nice with the black swimsuit, and Penny knew logically that she looked nice, but she never felt quite as sophisticated as everyone else.
However, the moment they walked through the door between the restaurants that led out to the pool, her mind was set completely at rest. There were so many people running around, many of them in swimsuits with beloved cartoon characters on them, that Penny almost felt out of place for not dressing like that.
