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“We’ll help with that, too,” Hope said.

The girls locked themselves in Beth’s bedroom and had her try on a dozen dresses until they came to one they all agreed on. It was tea-length, short in the front and long in the back. It was white lace, and with the skin-colored slip underneath, it looked see-through in some places.

“He’s going to flip when he sees this,” Angel said.

“Alastair would have a cow if he caught me in that,” Beth said.

“I think they all would,” Hope said.

Faith straightened the top of the dress. “I think we should just pin some flowers in her hair, and you’ll look gorgeous with the bouquet the maids are making.”

“I don’t want to give in so easily, so what do I do?” Aryanna asked.

“We’ll find a place to hide you, so he’ll have to look for you,” Hope said.

“I don’t want you guys to get in trouble. Just point out a few places, and I’ll pick one, so you’re telling the truth.”

“I’m not worried about it,” Beth said. “Alastair has never hurt me, and between us girls, I push him sometimes into punishing me because we both love it so much. He just doesn’t know it.”

“Wow, Beth, I didn’t know you were such a perv,” Hope said.

Beth threw a pillow at her. “Bite me, bitch.”

“Oh, God, Alastair’s going to kill us for corrupting you,” Angel said.

Beth giggled.

“I have something you’ll like,” Faith said and ran out of the room.

When she came back, she handed Aryanna a tissue-wrapped package.

“What is this?”

“Open it. Think of it as a present between us to you.”

Aryanna opened the wrapping on it and found white lace.

Faith laughed, pulled the scrap of fabric out of the paper, and held it up to show it was very sexy lingerie. The girls laughed and clapped.

“There’s barely anything to it,” Aryanna said.

“It will cover the important parts, but I guarantee he’s going to love it.”

Aryanna ran her fingers over the lace, inhaled, and nodded. “Thank you, guys, so much.”

The girls surrounded her in a group hug.

“Let’s put everything away and have lunch after we get you ready. Okay?” Faith asked.

“It sounds good to me, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to eat.”

“At least something,” Beth said. “Or you might have an upset stomach. After, there will be a lot of food, and the party lasts for several hours.”

“It’s going to be a long day, isn’t it?”

The women laughed and nodded.

Chapter Fourteen

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