Chapter 4: Wedding Dress

She stared at the woman in front of her with widened eyes. Certainly, Ashley looked very pretty, with perfect body proportion, that was something that Miss Lily knew Ashton Grey was very particular about, fair skin, flawless face and long healthy wavy brown hair.

Miss Lily gaped as she realized the perfect details of Ashley. 'This woman was a perfect muse, like a goddess. She would certainly look pretty in everything,' the manager mumbled internally while covering her gaping mouth.

"Is she... the Golden Ratio..." Miss Lily was about to ask about Ashley's body measurements.

"Yes. She is. I'd checked. I think she would fit size one," Ashton answered confidently as if he was proud about it.

"Well... then it would be super easy to find your wedding dress, honey. We have size one for all the collections," Miss Lily smiled widely and approached Ashley. She excitedly escorted her into the female fitting room, getting interested to let her test all the dresses available in that boutique.

Obviously, the price wouldn't be a problem because Ashley's man was Ashton Grey. That guy was literally the co-owner for almost all the exclusive fashion boutiques in that country and even some around the world. In fact, Lovella Bridals was also one of his too.

Another shop assistant escorted Ashton to the male fitting room and he waved a bit at Ashley before that woman vanished from his sight.

"Wait here for a while. I'll ask Mr Grey first which dresses you should try on," Miss Lily said and left her alone inside the fitting room.

The fitting room was hexagon in shape and a long wide mirror was attached to each wall of the room. Ashley could see her whole body everywhere when she stared at the mirrors. Two minutes later, Miss Lily came back bringing a long garment rack full of wedding dresses. There were a total of ten dresses there.

"These are the ones chosen by Mr Grey. Let's try them one by one and show it to him," Miss Lily spoke excitedly.

Ashley didn't even know why that woman acted so thrilled about her trying some wedding dress. However, it only took her a few seconds to understand the situation, just right after she tried the first wedding dress.

"Oh my God! Mr Grey was right! You did have a Golden Ratio body. It fits perfectly everywhere," the manager felt elated. She scanned Ashley with her face filled with amazement and satisfaction. She walked around Ashley to check every detail of the dress and realized that everything was in place as if the dress was custom made for her.

Ashley felt amazed as well when she realized the fact that the dress fitted her perfectly. There was no modification that needed to be done.

"Wow... this is rare..." She mumbled to herself as she stared at her reflection in the mirrors.

"Are all the other dresses in this size?" She turned to Miss Lily and asked. Miss Lily nodded her head quickly with a wide smile on her face.

Miss Lily opened the curtains of the fitting room and right outside in front of the room was Ashton standing elegantly, wearing a tuxedo. He turned around to see his bride-to-be and was momentarily stunned to see her looking so beautiful in the wedding dress. A little gasp escaped his mouth as he felt his heart skip a beat.

Ashley stared at him, trying to read his expression. But that man stayed reserved and didn't even make any comment about the dress.

"Is it bad? Should I just try the next one?" She asked while making her way slowly towards him.

He felt like a goddess was approaching him as that woman came to him. She stood in front of him and Ashton could feel his chest was getting heavy to breathe. She was just too stunning in his eyes that she managed to take his breath away.

"Should we just take this dress?" He asked nervously, thinking that his heart might stop beating if she tried the other dresses. He got a feeling as if she would take his breath away every single time that she tried a new dress. 'That would be suffocating,' he thought.

"What do you mean, Mr Grey? This is just the first one. Come on, honey. Let's try the next one," Miss Lily joshed at him and went to Ashley, escorting her back into the fitting room.

A shop assistant took a chair and put it in front of the female fitting room for Ashton to sit. As he waited for Ashley to come out wearing another dress, he could feel his heart was beating fast for no reason.

"What's wrong with me? This is so uncanny. I saw hundreds of models at the company, but I never felt this way before. Something about her just felt different..." Ashton mumbled to himself, having a feeling as if he got bewitched by Ashley.

She came out again from the fitting room after a while and showed him the second dress. As expected, she was stunning that it took his breath away again. Third dress, fourth dress and until the last dress, all of them made her look gorgeous as hell and when it was finally the time for Ashton to decide which dress she should wear for their wedding, he couldn't make up his mind. 

"You don't like any of it?" Ashley asked slowly. Right now she was wearing the last wedding dress and was standing in front of him. She saw Ashton gulped and he pursed his lips after, looking so stern with his brow knitted as if he was in trouble.

"No, that's not it. Everything just looked so good. I just couldn't decide which one was better," he replied gently.

He walked to the garment rack and scanned the previous wedding dresses. After looking for five minutes, he still couldn't decide.

"How about your opinion, Miss Lily? Which one is better for her?" Finally, he asked the manager.

"Honestly, Mr Grey, if I were to choose, I would choose the most expensive one," Miss Lily said truthfully. As a manager of the boutique, of course, she would choose something that would maximize her profit.

Ashton turned to look at Ashley and saw her expression change. She seemed like she didn't agree with Miss Lily's opinion.

"What is it?" He approached her and asked her slowly, thinking that she might feel uncomfortable to voice out her opinion.

"I just don't like the one Miss Lily chose. It had a lot of diamonds on it and the dress was a bit heavy too. It would strain my chest if I wear it too long," she whispered to him.

"Then, how about you choose the one that you like?"

Ashley stared at him with widened eyes, didn't expect that he would let her choose for herself. If it was her, the choice would be easy. She walked to the garment rack and picked out the most simple dress she found. Then she hesitantly showed it to Ashton and made a faint smile on her face, waiting for his approval.

Ashton saw the dress and his mind imagined her wearing the dress again. Indeed, when he thought about it, that dress could actually give out an innocent vibe in Ashley. Although, they both know she was not that innocent to begin with, still, having her wearing that dress would certainly make her look pure.

"Okay," he approved it immediately without question.

Miss Lily was a bit disappointed, but she went along with Ashley's choice anyway. She didn't dare to force her into choosing another dress in fear that it might offend Ashton.

"How about the wedding ring? Do you want to get it from our collection as well?" Miss Lily asked while taking the wedding dress that Ashley held.

Ashton peeked at his watch and saw that it was almost midday. He was thinking about going to another jewellery store but they should get lunch right now. And later after two, he needed to come home to see the wedding arrangement in the back garden of his villa. The wedding would be held there.

"Ashley, do you want to choose your wedding ring here? Or do you want to go to another store?" Ashton asked her solemnly.

"I don't mind," she replied softly.

Truthfully, she didn't really care that much. She didn't know why Ashton acted so gentle to her as if that man really loved her. 'He can't possibly just fall in love with me after we had sex last night. Why is he being such a gentleman?' Her heart wondered. Even Karl never acted that way with her before and they had been together for five years, yet that bastard had never once mentioned wanting to marry her.

"Alright then. Let's just get our wedding rings here," Ashton decided.

"Great, I'll lead you to our jewellery showroom later. Our new ring collections for this month had just arrived last night and you two would be the first to see them. Miss White can also choose a pair of earrings and a necklace to go along with her wedding dress. How's that sound?" Miss Lily said.

"Sounds great," the couple replied in unison and they both looked at each other instantly.