Page 37 of Beauty and the Nerd
Emma let out a little groan then pulled open the door, enough for Megan to see the outfit she wore. She glanced at herself in the little mirror in the space, letting out a little gasp when Megan pulled her out of the room and over to the floor length mirror, and she was glad to see the curtain was pulled so no one would see anything if they came up to the attendant.
“Okay, you look freaking amazing. Ben will die if he sees you in this,” Megan stated, but she wasn’t so sure she pulled it off.
“You look stunning,” a woman, likely ten years or so older than them, said moving up from the other side of the fitting area. “Although if I may?” she added coming over to them and Emma nodded seeing the smile in her eyes as she watched them. “I think you’d do better with a size down.”
“I don’t think it’ll hold all of my boobs,” she said pulling a giggle from Megan.
“The fabric over the breasts has just a hint of stretch but it’s also meant to fit more as a demi-cup. Let me get that for you and I also have something I think will look incredible on you, let me pull it as well for you to try,” she said, and Emma couldn’t really argue. She clearly knew how to fit lingerie better than she did.
She mostly only bought matching sets for things other than cheerleading and everyday wear. She had a lot of them too since she’d bought bras and panties from the same line to wear under all of the different dresses for things throughout school—most of them from Satin Touch.
The woman came back a minute later with another set like she was wearing but also one that sent a little zip through her when she spied the hints of aqua mixed within the white lace.“With your skin tone, you can easily pull this off and it will make your beautiful eyes really pop.”
“Oh, you have to try that one. Ben will love it,” Megan said ushering her back into the room, and she tried the smaller size of what she was already wearing first, shocked that it did fit even better, but they all agreed it was perfect when she showed it to them.
It was nothing though to their reactions when she came out in the suggested outfit. Blue flowers ran up and down the bodysuit, hiding her nipples, teasing along her sides, before covering the juncture of her legs completely. The white was sheer, just thick enough to not let you make out her belly button but still see the skin beneath with ease.
“There is no way Ben will be able to not claim you and your v-card in that, Emma,” Megan said, putting a splash of color into her cheeks. “Whoops, sorry…”
“No, it’s fine,” Emma said, nodding at her reflection. “It’s…there aren’t words for how perfect it is.”
“Have you ever thought of modeling?” the woman asked as she checked out the fit of the backside. It showed more than any of her swimsuits Ben had seen but she knew he liked her butt. He held onto it when they were kissing, and this made it look amazing. “Sorry, I didn’t mean for that to come across creepy. I’m Emerson Cort, I’m…”
“The owner and head designer of Satin Touch,” Emma said, turning towards her in shock.
“I am, and I’m very involved with our marketing, pick out most of our models, and I haven’t found anyone who’d be more perfect for my new line than you. I would love for you to think about it, perhaps just stop by the photo shoot to see what you think? It’s this Friday down at our headquarters, which is just a few blocks over. It lets me sneak over here to the store to see how people like the lines,” Emerson added.
“I don’t think I’d be any good at it,” Emma said before slipping back into the room to change out of the outfit as a couple others came in to try on items.
Emerson took the two outfits she knew she was going to buy no matter what, leading them over to a register when she confirmed they didn’t need anything else. The total came up lower than she expected, and she glanced up at the woman who gave her a smile as she wrote something on a little card.
“Friends and family discount, and if you change your mind, this is my number. I like to think I have a good eye, and you would look stunning in the new line I have coming out. And if it helps, the models get to keep their outfits, and ah…here’s a little sneak at one of them,” Emerson added as someone slid over to them with a bag. She took it, putting the items Emma bought that were wrapped in tissue paper into it, before handing it over to her. “Just promise me you won’t make a definitive decision until you’ve at least seen it. And I promise, if you stop by and it’s not for you, I won’t pester you, Emma.”
“I’ll think about it,” Emma said, and Emerson nodded.
“Megan, it was a pleasure to meet you too,” Emerson told her friend who was grinning brightly at Emma.
“You too and don’t worry, I’ll pester her for you. I’m here through the weekend so I’ll convince her to stop by. She’s awesome in front a camera,” Megan added as she turned her phone around and Emma groaned seeing their cheerleading photos as well as some from their courts at school.
“Oh, it’s a good thing I already promised I wouldn’t pester you because if I’d known this was hiding beneath that shyness, I’d have already made you promise me you’d stop by,” Emerson said making Emma laugh softly.
“She’s not normally shy but anything to do with s-e-x and Ben pulls it out of her,” Megan said spelling out the word sex which simply made her cheeks redden. “They’re adorabletogether,” she added showing off a picture from the New Year’s party, thankfully before the Carter fiasco.
“He looks like a keeper,” Emerson replied making the color deepen a bit more.
“He is. He’s amazing and if we don’t get going, we’re likely to be late meeting him for dinner,” she told them, seeing the time. It’d take them at least half an hour to get back to the apartment then another twenty at least to get to the restaurant and it was somehow going on four-fifteen already. They’d spent much longer in the store than she’d thought but it was definitely worth it.
“Enjoy your evening, and whenever you take the outfits for a spin,” Emerson added, giving her a wink that sent them out of the store with Emma’s cheeks fully pink.
“You’re going girl. Just think of the pictures it’ll mean Ben being able to show off, have everyone so totally jealous that he gets you,” Megan said, and she couldn’t quite get it out of her mind the whole way home, and especially not when she saw the outfit Emerson had thrown in. It was so her and she knew she’d have to stop by, for no other reason than to get a sneak peek at the rest of the line to know how much she needed to save to buy all of it.
Chapter 14
Emma stared at her reflection trying to figure out how she ended up here. She’d planned to do nothing more than stop by, get a sneak peek at the line, and then tell Emerson a huge thank you, but it just wasn’t for her. Instead, she was wearing the sexiest, yet somehow sweetest, little lingerie number that put the one Emerson gave her as a tease to shame.
“Oh my god, Ben is going to die,” Megan said, shaking her head in awe as she turned towards her and Emerson as they came into the backroom to check on her.
“How did you get me to say yes to this?” she asked, feeling the heat fill her cheeks as the makeup artist glanced towards Emerson for approval.
