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"Yes, darling. Take anything you want."

Laura narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "Is there something you're hiding? Did you cheat on me in England, and that's why you're buying me anything I want as a way to make up for it?"

"Seriously, what are you talking about? No, darling. No. Just ask Damian if you don't believe me."

Vean's explanation had utterly failed to dispel Laura's suspicion. She was about to ask again, but Vean had managed to redirect her focus.

"Come on, hurry and choose. The best dresses might be taken by someone else."

"Do you even realize how weird you've been acting since you returned?"

Vean smiled mysteriously.

**

Laura thought that Vean's odd behavior would end there, but she was mistaken. That was just the beginning. The culmination of Vean's strangeness came when he insisted that she get a full-body makeover at the salon, from head to toe. He also insisted that she wear a dress of his choosing. A dress that, as it turned out, matched the shirt Vean had bought for