Chapter 253: B*tch Fight
** Eli **
Harper looked up at him with a soft smile. It took her a few moments, however, to pick up the meaning behind those last few words.
"Wait, what do you mean an evening gown designed just for me?" she asked in slight puzzlement. "I don’t have—"
Then her eyes widened as the implication dawned on her.
That expression brought an instinctive upcurve to Eli’s lips. "Of course I’m not going to make you lose the dress up game. I have a personal tailor, who also happens to be quite a tasteful designer. I’ve seen his collection of evening dresses, and if I’d have to hazard a guess, I’d say you’ll love them."
Speaking of those extravagant formal gowns, he was already envisioning his girl dressed up in the most beautiful one imaginable. Perhaps a silky A-line with a high split to show off her slender figure? Or an off-the-shoulder sweetheart neckline to bring more attention to her pretty face and hair? Actually, nah, maybe not one of those styles that expose too much for other irrelevant people to see ...
As if seeing his thoughts through his expression, Harper laughed. "Looks like I’ve really gotten you into the dress-up spirit after last weekend. A bit surprising that you didn’t think of telling me about it then ... Oh wait, maybe that’s because you were too distracted by our other, not-so-appropriate-for-the-party activity to have forgotten about it."
Eli darted her a Look, and she laughed again.
"There’s ... actually a reason why I haven’t mentioned it to you till now." Jokes aside, they had to deal with an important conversation that came with the gala. Eli took a deep breath, letting Harper out of his arms so that he could look her in the eye. "According to my father, Vanessa Jones is going to be at the event, and he’s apparently been trying to do things to fix whatever happened at the baseball game last month."
The speed at which that smile faded from Harper’s face made him wince.