Chapter 55. What Money Can't Buy

Brendon looked into her eyes.

"Samira! Let's not fight about this, please. I've already told you that whether you're wrapped in silk or newspaper, you'll always be the most beautiful woman in the world. Clothes make you feel better. You don't have to buy them if you don't think it's necessary. But... money is like a condom. It's better to have it and not need it, than not have it and need it."

Samira stared at him and then smiled, and it was extremely difficult for her not to laugh out loud.

"What a silly comparison!"

Brendon relaxed into it too.

"But it made you smile. That's one of the things money can't buy, but it's more valuable than the biggest diamond in the world."

And so they went to the mall where he had bought the party dress and Samira learned where to buy the dresses she needed for every occasion Brendon intended to take her to. The sales clerk was fr