Bought: One Night, One Marriage
'I can't believe I agreed to come here.' Cally looked around her, slowly taking in the decadent atmosphere in the hip Sydney bar. It was like Bacchanalia—riotous revelry. There were well over one hundred women filling the place with laughter, leer and enough bling to blind the nation. Canapés were being consumed with glee and being washed down with terrifyingly neon concoctions. High-pitched chatter drowned the relentless deep thud, thud, thud of the music. Anticipation hung in the air. You could taste the excitement, the expectation of one hell of a good show.
Cally screwed up her nose.
'Oh, come on.' Mel looked at her with a 'get a grip' expression. 'It's for charity.'
'There are better ways of raising money for charity.'
'What's better than watching a line-up of the most eligible bachelors in town?'
'If they were that eligible they wouldn't be here.'
'What?'
'They must be the most conceited meat-heads to agree to participate.' The snark was enough to earn her another 'get over it' look.
'Don't be so uptight.' Mel shook her head disparagingly. 'You've been working way too hard. They're doing it to support a good cause. It's ... read full excerpt from: Bought: One Night, One Marriage ebook
