Bella's POVI was so startled by her dramatic transformation that I stepped back. "No need, I just want to buy this dress...""One isn't enough! Although this is a runway piece, it's just basic." Tiffany linked her arm through mine without asking, gripping me with the intimacy of long-lost sisters. "With your perfect skin tone, you must try our store's 'Midnight Collection.' And your hands..."She grabbed my hand with its slightly torn cuticles, letting out an extremely exaggerated gasp of admiration. "My God, look at the shape of these fingers, so slender and strong! These nails are trimmed so... naturally, so wildly beautiful! Only true aristocrats dare to reject those tacky French manicures."I awkwardly pulled my hand back, looking at my knuckles reddened from long exposure to disinfectant. This was pure nonsense.Surrounded by Tiffany and two other saleswomen, I was half-pushed, half-dragged into the luxurious VIP dressing room."Try this one, and this one." Tiffany brought
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