Chapter 52: The Red Dress
"Are you sure you want me to wear this?" Annalise asked for the nth time as she stared at the red dress that Kenric had brought for her to wear.
It was a really beautiful dress, but a bold one too. The v-neckline was quite deep that would leave her cleavage clearly visible. The sleeves were made of the thinnest fabric that could have ever existed, it barely felt like there were any sleeves, to begin with. Her shoulders and arms would definitely be on full display too.
She had rarely seen such revealing dresses but she knew that they existed and she would probably get to see women wearing them in brothels and such places. The thought only made her feel more repulsive toward the dress.
"Yes," Kenric replied in a flat tone as he looked at her with raised eyebrows. He had been trying to convince her to wear that dress for quite some time by now but no matter whatever he said, she wasn’t convinced even a little bit.
"Kenric, I’ll be meeting my parents today. This is the last dress I would want to wear in front of them." She tried to make the man understand just how stupid his idea was.
"My dear wife, did you forget the part where I told you that I’ll cast a spell on the dress to make it look like a normal one? Only us brothers, your husbands, will be able to see the actual design of the dress." Kenric tried again and even though the idea sounded convincing, Annalise wasn’t sold yet.
"Still, I’m not wearing it." She responded with a shake of her head as she turned to look through the other dresses that Sera had picked for her to choose from.
Kenric moved closer and pulled her away from the dresses and back towards the red dress. "This dress is really important to continue with our revenge plan. You have to wear this. Besides, who knows you will actually end up falling in love with this dress after putting it on."
Annalise scrunched her nose as she stared at the dress and tried to imagine herself liking it, even the thought didn’t sit right with her. "Kenric..."
"At least put it on to try first. If you will still want to wear something else, I won’t force you." Kenric promised and finally saw Annalise thinking about his proposal seriously.
"You promise?"