Matthew took a quick look at the wedding dress Erica was randomly pointing at and then fixed his eyes on her. "You sure that's the one you want?"
"Yeah, I think so. You don't like it?" She could try on wedding dresses for a whole day as long as he didn't take her to the hospital for the pregnancy checkup!
He shot a glance at the shop manager and then fixed his eyes on the wedding dress in the shop window. "Bring her that one," he ordered.
"Yes, Mr. Huo."
Robot-like, Erica followed the saleswoman into the fitting room. The first dress she tried on was the one she randomly selected a few moments ago.
With the saleswoman's help, Erica donned the dress. There was no mirror in the fitting room, but she wasn't really concerned with how it fit anyway. She was focused on how she could get Matthew to cancel the wedding.
So, she did whatever the saleswoman told her to do. She didn't realize what the cut of wedding dress was until she stood in front of the mirror outside the fitting room and saw herself in it.
She turned in front of the full-length mirror and found it was a backless, deep V-neck dress. The neckline was so low that even her belly was exposed.
For a moment, she didn't know where to put her hands to cover her body. When she met the man's eyes in the mirror by accident, Erica suddenly turned red.
She pretended to be calm and told the two workers who were helping her with the hemlines, "I don't like this one. Can we try another?"
One of the shop managers came to her and asked with a smile, "Did I hear right? You don't like it, Mrs. Huo? I think it looks great on you!"
Matthew stared at them. To save herself from embarrassment, Erica whispered to the manager, "I'm not a fan of V-neck and backless outfits. Please find me another."
True, the dress was too revealing for her. But there was another reason. Matthew was staring at her like she was a piece of meat. That made her feel uncomfortable.
The shop manager, who had no idea what Erica was getting at, still tried to mollify her. "Mrs. Huo, your back is so beautiful. And if you're worrying about not being able to fill out the front, we can add some padding. No one will ever have to know!"
Erica's lips twitched. Did the shop manager mean that? That her breasts were too small? And that crack about her back...Ugh! Erica would have snapped
supervise her practice in person.
Erica was not good at fighting, especially in front of her dad. But she had another advantage—she knew how to run! Wesley chased her for a long time before he could catch up with her.
Now, still looking at the man's back, the girl wondered if she should sucker punch him and then run away. She was confident Matthew couldn't catch up to her easily.
However... She looked down in dismay at her wedding dress. She couldn't even get out of the door in this outfit! 'Forget it!' she sighed inwardly and discarded the idea.
The pre-wedding photo shoot had been on for three days. Most of them were shot in the studio, and only two sets were shot outdoors.
Matthew was quite busy, and they only needed a few pre-wedding photos for the wedding ceremony. So the photo shoot ended in three days.
On the day she was to return home, Matthew arranged his private plane to get her there. A couple of bodyguards took her to Wesley safely and then returned.
The wedding venue, wedding dresses, gifts and invitation cards were all set up by the Huo family. Erica had nothing to worry about. She just needed to be the bride on July 7th of the lunar calendar.
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