Chapter 249: Chapter 249

Brianna turned, sneered, and then proceeded to the taps to rinse her hands.

"So, what would you like me to do, Brianna? I want my friend back so I am willing to go the extra mile for it."

Shelby kept her smile in place even though she knew that Brianna was trying to be excessive.

"First, Give me your dress, Shelby."

"My dress? Why would you want that?" Shelby was puzzled at that request.

"Mine’s stained with wine..." Brianna added and then said,

"Weren’t you the one preaching on doing anything just a little while ago?"

"Ok," Shelby said and stepped out of her clothes, leaving only her bra and panties, while Brianna did the same. Shelby was swift and asked no other questions. Thankfully, Brianna had underwear on this time.

This was not the first time a situation like that had occurred, but it was the first time they had swapped clothes because of it. In the past, Shelby would have taken Brianna’s clothes and gone out to dry clean them for her, or even hand-washed them sometimes.

Shelby had no idea why Brianna would want to wear her clothes, as this would have been unheard of some time back. They were friends, but certain utterances made by Brianna were such that they were hard to forget.

What Shelby did not know was that Brianna had had her eye on her dress for a long while. Unfortunately, that single piece was sold out before Brianna could get it. It was anything but a simple dress, even though Shelby viewed it that way. It was one of a kind, and Brianna knew that.

’Why does she get to wear something as precious as that? Shelby does not deserve it!’

Brianna dropped her dress onto the floor as Shelby handed her the dress.

On top of it, Brianna’s eyes got bigger with jealousy. Brianna had been friends with Shelby for such a long time, but like all others, she could never get used to her perfect proportions. Even as a woman, she felt her mouth almost water as Shelby’s nearly flat tunny, perfect breast and butt and well as her legs, arms.... it was just everything!

Brianna slipped into the dress and zipped it up. It was like a second skin on her, tight and short as it rode up a bit. Obviously, Shelby had smaller proportions than she did, but Brianna felt good in her skin.

She turned left and right and then twirled around, checking herself in the mirror.

Shelby sighed. She bent down and picked up Brianna’s discarded dress, and then examined the wine stain.

’I can’t go out naked, so I might as well just wear this.’

Shelby had to bend down to pick up the dress because Brianna had kicked it aside. Shelby headed to the sink. She hovered the stained front under the automatic soap dispenser and then applied some soap to it, ensuring the remaining part of the dress remained dry. She repeated the same with the water and started handwashing that part of the dress.

Luckily for her, the dress was made of a thin material, so most of the red wine stains came off relatively quickly. There were still some stubborn stains that remained, though. Shelby was unbothered about this at all. She was just trying her best to make the dress wearable.

On the side, Brianna continued to admire herself in the mirror, touching up her makeup.

She sneered in Shelby’s direction and muttered only to herself,

"As expected of a poor person. These should have been thrown away, but she decided to wash them here instead. Hmmfp!"

Shelby diligently cleaned as much of the stain as she could and then headed to the bathroom’s hand dryer. She held the wet part of the dress underneath it and waited patiently as the hot air speed-dried that part of the dress.

Brianna shook her head and stepped into one of the stalls to take care of her business. She did not care about whatever happened to Shelby and that dress. However, Brianna could not help but take another look at Shelby’s flawless back and the lace panties she wore.

’It’s not fair! Why does she get all the perfections!’ Brianna thought as if a whole lot of jealousy flushed over her.

In the stall, Brianna took out her phone from her small purse and started chatting with someone.

Outside the stall, Shelby briefly glanced at the closed door and positioned the wet patch well under the blowing hot air. She stood still for a few minutes until she felt that Brianna’s white dress was dry enough.

At that time, she was starting to feel a little cold, so she hurriedly slipped the dress over her head.

Shelby took a step back and in front of the large bathroom mirror. There was still a faint stain on the front of the dress. She sighed, gingerly touching that part and examining the remnant of it.

’Ah! Yes! That would work!’ A thought crossed her mind, and she reached for her small bag. Shelby opened the delicate clutch and pulled out a long, slim silk scarf. Suzie had shoved that into her bad when Shelby had said that it wasn’t necessary to add that to her dressing.

Shelby wound the scarf around her waist and tied a delicate, pretty flower on the most glaring part of the dress, making it look like a design rather than a stain.

The girls were of similar height except Ava, who was a head taller than them. Because of this and also the fact that Brianna was curvier, the dress settled slightly lower than her mid-thigh, and it did not look as sluttish as it had on its original owner.

The dress hung a little loose on Shelby but not too much which made it look almost perfect for her. The same dress that made Brianna look too hot for the place made Shelby look just right for it.

Shelby studied herself in the mirror and smiled,

"This works just fine!"

Then Shelby reached out her hand for the mirror, studying her expression, "Why are you doing this Shelby? You have known Brianna long enough to know that nothing good will come out of this...." She mouthed the words, so no sounds came out. As if she was having a conversation with herself, she replied to her own initial statement,

"People change and I don’t want to have any regrets in life. I have stayed with Brianna long enough to understand that she is just hurting on the inside." Shelby slanted her head and almost scoffed,

"I can imagine Ava’s words to this if she were here: Are you kidding yourself? Even if she is hurting, does that excuse her behaviour?"

Shelby’s heavy sigh echoed through the space as she turned to fix her gaze upon the closed stall.

Brianna remained in the stall for nearly half an hour before decisively emerging. Gone was her sour mood, and in its place was a beaming girl.

However, she screeched to a halt almost immediately, her mood dipping yet again.

Clearing her throat, Brianna’s eyes flushed at Shelby’s whole dressing.

’What the hell? How does Shelby look this good in my dress? This is so unfair! Why! Why! Why!’

Brianna gritted her teeth as her emotions continually dipped.

[A/N: The allure of the unknown always makes the grass appear greener on the other side.]

She had initially coveted Shelby’s dress but seeing her discarded one on her in that elegant way made Brianna mad.

"You okay? You were in there for a while."

"I’m fine!" Brianna’s reply came out more like a crisp, short retort instead.

"So, what is the second thing you’d like me to do? Will that be this evening as well?"

Second thing, huh? Brianna did not feel good about giving the first task like that, but she could not go back on her words. She was the first to put Shelby on the spot with the stained dress, but Shelby managed to circumvent that even before they stepped out of the ladies’ room.

"I heard that you have a sister-in-law as well. The one who organized this whole soiree?"

"Can you introduce us? I hear that she is a tough person to meet, but my parents could use that connection in some of our new businesses."

"Why? You don’t want to do it?"

"What? I mean... no...."

Brianna frowned, but before she could speak, Shelby quickly added, "I don’t mean No, as in I do not want to introduce you. I can do that."

Shelby was really flustered because even though Brianna’s request was not too much, it sounded strange; like really strange. Brianna never asked for help or assistance from anyone. The Brianna that Shelby knew would never stoop so low for such a thing.

In Shelby’s mind, it would have been better if Brianna had said something like, ’Lick my feet’ or something as unreasonable as along those lines. To ask for a favour like that was just too weird.

Nonetheless, Shelby nodded and beckoned to Brianna. They left the bathroom and Shelby dialled a new number that had been recently saved in her phone.

"Hello, big sister..."

It didn’t take long after that call for Avril, who had been ’missing’ from the tasting event, to appear before them.

"Over here, sister Avril!" Shelby waved as Avril made her way towards the two.

"Oh, hello, little sister. Who did you want me to meet?" Avril asked after briefly hugging Shelby.

"Sister Avril, this is my friend, Brianna." Then she turned to Brianna,

"Brianna, meet my sister-in-law, Avril."

The two newly introduced people shared a sly look that indicated it was not their first time speaking to each other.

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