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He smiled. "Absolutely not."

CHAPTEREIGHT

RIVER

After the gruesome two Vincent Prince movies, a knock sounded on the door, and Apollo hopped up to get it. He opened the door a hair and a hand with two shopping bags slid in through the crack.

"Thank you, Silas."

"Of course."

Apollo closed the door and turned back to her, holding up the bags. "Sorry, they only have a thrift store in town."

She shrugged. "Clothes are clothes. Used are better, in my opinion, because they are softer, and you can tell what they will fit like since they've been washed several times."

A strange expression planted on his face.

"What?"

He shook his head. "You are different from any female I've ever met."

"Thank you."

He snorted and sat on the bed with the bags. She dumped them out and looked at everything. Silas had done a pretty good job guessing her sizing, except for the underwear. A new pack of women's underwear with a sticker from the general store said they were size XL. She pulled out a pair and held them up.

"I'm curvy, but I'm not big sexy curvy."

Apollo burst out laughing.

She threw the underwear at him. "If you think they are so funny, you wear them."

"Okay." Apollo stripped off his sweats before stepping into the underwear.

Okay, so he goes commando. Good to know.

River burst out laughing. The underwear barely hugged the hips of his large frame.

"You like them?" Apollo cat walked back and forth, and River laughed even harder.

She couldn't remember the last time she'd laughed so hard. She laughed and then snorted, and Apollo stopped.

"You snort?"

She snorted again.

"Oh my gosh. You snort when you laugh. That's hilarious."

She couldn't help but laugh harder, which made her snort more. She couldn't stop.

Apollo looked down. "Okay. I don't look that funny in these."

She nodded, and tears streamed out of her eyes as she laughed.

"Hey, you better stop, or I might get a complex. I've never had a woman laugh at my physique before."

"Did they ever see you in lacy purple grannie panties?"

He shook his head solemnly. "No, Kitten, this fantastic sight I saved just for you."