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\u201cI don\u2019t need something new,\u201d I said softly, running my hand over the cool, heavy silk. \u201cThis was Nana\u2019s. She wore it in Paris in the twenties. It\u2019s my lucky charm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I held it up against my body. The hem was, admittedly, showing its age. A few tiny threads had come loose, a whisper of fraying that spoke of decades of wear, of jazz clubs and midnight strolls along the Seine. But to me, those imperfections were part of its soul. They were the scars of a life lived fully.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBesides,\u201d I smiled at him, quoting my grandmother\u2019s favorite maxim, \u201cSimplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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David<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0sighed, the tension in his shoulders easing just a fraction. He crossed the room and kissed my forehead. \u201cYou\u2019ll be the most beautiful woman there, no matter what.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He believed it. I just hoped the sharks at the\u00a0<\/span>Titan Group<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0would be too busy admiring their own reflections in the crystal chandeliers to notice the history teacher in the antique dress.<\/span><\/p>\n

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