Chapter 25
We pulled up to Keegan’s condo and I texted her to let her know we were downstairs. Ambrosio looked back at Dario and said,
“Switch me spots.”
I was immediately confused and asked why. Dario only responded by getting out of the jeep and trading places with Ambrosio. Once Ambrosio was sitting in the middle of the back seat he replied,
“Because I want to sit next to Keegan.”
I rolled my eyes and then I saw Keegan coming out of the lobby doors. She was a gorgeous girl with long loosely curled red hair, she had faint adorable freckles all over her tight muscular body. Keegan was wearing a tight white tank top tucked into ripped light denim skinny jeans, a pink oversized plush faux fur jacket and knee high taupe boots. Ambrosio jumped out of the jeep the moment he saw her and embraced her, spinning her around. I looked at Dario and said,
“See what I mean?”
He turned to look at me and I realized this was the closest I had been to this Dario. His dark blue eyes staring into mine. Dario was one of the most handsome men I had ever seen. Which reminded me of Emiliano, the most handsome man I’d ever seen. To stop my thoughts from wandering off, I asked Dario,
“Don’t you think he’s leading her on?”
Dario spoke so smoothly when he replied,
“It looks like he really likes her.”
I was about to go off and tell Dario how Keegan is a mess every time Ambrosio leaves, when the sound of the back door opening stopped me. Ambrosio and Keegan climbed into the back seat and I introduced Keegan to Dario, then we drove off to the mall.
I parked my jeep and we all got out, coffees in hand. As we all walked in, Ambrosio was holding Keegan’s hand and instead of getting fuming mad, I rolled my eyes and sipped on my coffee. We went into nearly every store, buying at least one thing from each place. While Dario and Ambrosio were trying on suits for the party, Keegan and I took a seat on the couches by the fitting rooms. Keegan leaned into me and said,
“Dario is hot.”
I smiled and said,
“Emiliano is hotter.”
Keegan looked at me with a devilish grin and asked,
“Why don’t you get with Dario?”
I gave her a questioned face and asked,
“Why would I do that?”
Keegan shrugged her shoulders and replied,
“Because your brother trusts him, because he’s hot. Take your pick.”
I chuckled and shook my head at her then I looked down at my hands. Keegan moved her head so her eyes could reach mine and I looked back up at her and said,
“I’m not ready to let Emiliano go, Keegan. He told me if Anka wasn’t pregnant with his son, then he’d be with me.”
Keegan put her hand on mine and said,
“Honey, that’s what all married men say.”
I pushed her hands away and gave her an annoyed look. She laughed and said,
“I’m sorry. But Hera, either way, he’s married. I know you're hurting, but the best way **over** someone is **under** someone else, eh?”
Keegan raised her eyebrows at me and smiled. I rolled my eyes at her and smiled back. Ambrosio and Dario stepped out in classic black tuxedos. Dario was drop dead gorgeous. He looked in the mirror and I had to bite my lip as I watched him run his fingers through his hair. He glanced at me and I shot my eyes at Ambrosio.
Keegan was up off her feet telling Ambrosio how gorgeous he looked as he checked himself out in the mirror. The guys agreed to wear the suits then disappeared into the fitting rooms to change back. Keegan sat back down next to me and said,
“I saw you checking Dario out.”
My eyes widened and I said,
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Keegan moved closer to me and said,
“Admit it, you think he’s hot.”
“Ok yes, but it doesn’t mean I’m going to run off to bed with him.”
“Not yet at least,”
Keegan said as she winked at me. Ambrosio and Dario emerged from their fitting rooms and purchased their tuxes and we left the store.
Keegan and I looked in every store for a dress but we didn’t see anything we liked. The four of us went into one more dress store hopeful. Ambrosio and Dario took a seat in the armed chairs in the fitting room area as Keegan and I went through the dresses.
We decided we wanted to match the boys and stuck to black. Keegan and I each grabbed a few different black dresses then went into the fitting rooms. I tried on the first one; black sequin, short. I opened the door and stood in front of the mirrors. Keegan joined me in her black strapless bodycon dress. We weren’t impressed, but we posed a few times and laughed then went back into our rooms to try on the next dress.
Dress number two; short, scrunched on the sides with long mesh sleeves. I joined Keegan out in the mirrors. Her black dress was long and she was tripping over it as she was trying to turn around to check herself out. Keegan nearly fell and we both laughed. We didn’t like those dresses either and went to change into our third dresses and met at the mirrors.
My dress was satin, sleeveless and short, Keegan’s dress was draped around her and had one long sleeve. I asked Keegan where her other sleeve was and she asked me if I ironed my dress wrong and we both laughed.
Ambrosio rose out of his seat and motioned for Dario to stay seated and he walked off. Keegan and I looked at each other and she shrugged her shoulders and we went back into our dressing rooms to change. I shrugged the dress off and grabbed my pants and began to put one leg in my jeans when I saw a red dress swing over the door. I waddled over to the door and grabbed the dress.
It was long, and had a slit at the leg. I took my leg out of my jeans and put the dress on. In the dim lighting of my dressing room, the dress was exquisite. I opened the door to the dressing room and stepped out in front of the mirror.
Keegan was wearing a rose gold sequin cocktail slip dress and it looked great on her and complimented all of her features. Keegan saw my dress and her jaw dropped. I glanced at Dario in the mirror and his eyes were glued to me. I took a proper look at my dress in the bright lighting and it was still just as stunning. Keegan exclaimed,
“Hera! That dress looks AMAZING on you! You have to get it!”
“You are ravishing as well, Keeg. Are you getting that dress?”
Keegan smiled wide and nodded her head. I smiled back at her then looked back at the mirror. I couldn't get over how good the dress looked either. I kept checking myself out in the mirror. Turning multiple times to see how it looked on my ass. I never wanted to take this dress off.
Keegan and I finally changed back into our clothes and Ambrosio bought us our dresses. We hauled all of our bags back to my jeep and piled them into the back. We all got in, Dario sat up front with me. Ambrosio asked us if we were hungry and Keegan said she was. She told me to take us to our favorite french bistro and I obeyed.