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“I’d kill seven people if I could have an hourglass figure like yours for my next drag show,” he said. “At least seven people,” he amended.
“Have any shows coming up?” Cely asked Benji as Rina continued to try on the rest of the clothing he’d selected.
In the end, Rina had ended up with a formal gown, a couple of casual pieces she could mix and match, a new swimsuit, and the dress Benji had decided on her for photoshoot. Benji kept the dress, saying he’d have it professionally steamed and pressed for the shoot tomorrow. The dress hadn’t been Rina’s typical style, but Benji had just winked at her and told her to ‘trust in Benji’. Rina realized she couldn’t make this stuff up. At least she’d have a lot of stories to tell her patients and coworkers once she was home.
The website that had sponsored the contest focused on beauty, fashion, and lifestyle posts. Rina hadn’t read the fine print saying that she’d have to do a photoshoot for the website as the grand prize winner, and had thought her travel coordinator was joking when she’d first mentioned it. She wasn’t happy about having to pose, but figured she could suck it up. After all, it was a small price to pay, all things considered.
Benji hugged and air kissed them both goodbye after they had finished shopping. He got Rina’s number before he left because he had to as her stylist, but got Cely’s number since they made plans to hang out later in the week. The girls took a cab back to their hotel.
Chapter 12
Kris was laying on the bed watching a movie when they got back to the hotel room. She stood up and walked over to them, helping Rina with her bags.
“Hey, welcome back! How was it?” Kris asked.
Cely kicked off her heels and collapsed onto the couch. “Exhausting!” she said with a loud dramatic sigh.
“And you weren’t even the one trying things on for four hours,” Rina said drily as Kris giggled.
Cely had draped one arm over her face, blocking out the light as she lay on her back. “You should really hang those up, Rina. The gown at the very least,” she said as Rina groaned. High-maintenance clothes weren’t really her thing but Benji had insisted she pick up an evening gown. Rina just didn’t know where she would wear it. She hadn’t worn a formal gown since prom her senior year of high school, and she’d sold it right after graduation. In her mind having the money was more useful than hanging onto a gown just in case she could use it in college. The one and only time she’d gone to a formal dance in college she’d borrowed a dress from a girl who lived on her floor in exchange for writing an essay for her.
“You bought a gown? I want to see,” Kris said with interest.
“If you hang it up for me, feel free to try it on,” Rina said. She was only half-kidding, but Kris went to pull the gown out of the bag, admiring it as she held it up to examine it.
Cely said, “You still haven’t explained what you meant earlier this morning when you said last night was a bunch of ‘or what’.”
Kris hung up the dress carefully in the closet. “Yeah, what happened to you last night?” She was too polite to ask if Rina had hooked up with anyone, but she was definitely curious.
Rina shook her head. “Probably not what either of you think.” She told them everything that had happened last night, except for the part about Joven being naked this morning, right up to the point where he had dropped her off at the hotel. Kris and Cely had expressed interest when she’d talked about meeting Dylan and Brendan, then outrage and concern at what had happened on the beach, then interest again when she’d talked about Joven.
Cely was smug. “I knew he was a therian,” she said.
“Yeah, but I learned more last night about therians than I ever have from being your friend for years,” Rina pointed out. “Have you been holding out on us all these years or something?” She hadn’t meant to sound accusatory,
“I’d kill seven people if I could have an hourglass figure like yours for my next drag show,” he said. “At least seven people,” he amended.
“Have any shows coming up?” Cely asked Benji as Rina continued to try on the rest of the clothing he’d selected.
In the end, Rina had ended up with a formal gown, a couple of casual pieces she could mix and match, a new swimsuit, and the dress Benji had decided on her for photoshoot. Benji kept the dress, saying he’d have it professionally steamed and pressed for the shoot tomorrow. The dress hadn’t been Rina’s typical style, but Benji had just winked at her and told her to ‘trust in Benji’. Rina realized she couldn’t make this stuff up. At least she’d have a lot of stories to tell her patients and coworkers once she was home.
The website that had sponsored the contest focused on beauty, fashion, and lifestyle posts. Rina hadn’t read the fine print saying that she’d have to do a photoshoot for the website as the grand prize winner, and had thought her travel coordinator was joking when she’d first mentioned it. She wasn’t happy about having to pose, but figured she could suck it up. After all, it was a small price to pay, all things considered.
Benji hugged and air kissed them both goodbye after they had finished shopping. He got Rina’s number before he left because he had to as her stylist, but got Cely’s number since they made plans to hang out later in the week. The girls took a cab back to their hotel.
Chapter 12
Kris was laying on the bed watching a movie when they got back to the hotel room. She stood up and walked over to them, helping Rina with her bags.
“Hey, welcome back! How was it?” Kris asked.
Cely kicked off her heels and collapsed onto the couch. “Exhausting!” she said with a loud dramatic sigh.
“And you weren’t even the one trying things on for four hours,” Rina said drily as Kris giggled.
Cely had draped one arm over her face, blocking out the light as she lay on her back. “You should really hang those up, Rina. The gown at the very least,” she said as Rina groaned. High-maintenance clothes weren’t really her thing but Benji had insisted she pick up an evening gown. Rina just didn’t know where she would wear it. She hadn’t worn a formal gown since prom her senior year of high school, and she’d sold it right after graduation. In her mind having the money was more useful than hanging onto a gown just in case she could use it in college. The one and only time she’d gone to a formal dance in college she’d borrowed a dress from a girl who lived on her floor in exchange for writing an essay for her.
“You bought a gown? I want to see,” Kris said with interest.
“If you hang it up for me, feel free to try it on,” Rina said. She was only half-kidding, but Kris went to pull the gown out of the bag, admiring it as she held it up to examine it.
Cely said, “You still haven’t explained what you meant earlier this morning when you said last night was a bunch of ‘or what’.”
Kris hung up the dress carefully in the closet. “Yeah, what happened to you last night?” She was too polite to ask if Rina had hooked up with anyone, but she was definitely curious.
Rina shook her head. “Probably not what either of you think.” She told them everything that had happened last night, except for the part about Joven being naked this morning, right up to the point where he had dropped her off at the hotel. Kris and Cely had expressed interest when she’d talked about meeting Dylan and Brendan, then outrage and concern at what had happened on the beach, then interest again when she’d talked about Joven.
Cely was smug. “I knew he was a therian,” she said.
“Yeah, but I learned more last night about therians than I ever have from being your friend for years,” Rina pointed out. “Have you been holding out on us all these years or something?” She hadn’t meant to sound accusatory,
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