A Mistletoe Affair by Farrah Rochon

Author:Farrah Rochon [Rochon, Farrah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2014-11-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Vicki measured out the dark blue ribbon that was threaded with gold, hoping she would have enough on the spool. Just under ten feet. She was cutting it close, but this was a last-minute job, so the customer would have to take what she gave them.

They’d better be happy she’d taken on the job at all.

Vicki could hardly choke back her resentment. The accounting firm of Crawford and Daniels had been one of her best clients. She’d provided weekly fresh flower arrangements for their lobby and decorated for several holidays throughout the year. Until last year, when they’d decided to go with a bigger florist in a neighboring town.

When the accounting firm’s office manager had called that morning, frantic because their new florist had dropped the ball and wouldn’t have their offices decorated in time for their yearly Christmas-card photo, a tiny, evil part of Vicki had wanted to turn down the job. It would have served them right for dropping her.

But she was a professional. And despite how satisfying it would have felt to be petty—and it would have felt damn satisfying, she had no doubt about it—she just couldn’t sink that low.

They would pay where it counted, because, even though she didn’t need the money, Vicki had tacked on a 30 percent upcharge for the rush job. She felt justified. She’d never given them reason to be dissatisfied with her work.

In a way, she owed Crawford and Daniels a huge thanks. The idea to enter a float in this year’s Christmas parade had been planted after they’d pulled their business. She’d decided then to show them—to show everyone—just what Petals was made of.

“Thank you for your disloyalty, Crawford and Daniels,” Vicki said into the empty florist shop. “It gave me the kick in the butt I needed.”

She nestled intricately painted blue-and-gold ornaments around the gigantic wreath that would hang prominently on the wall at the accounting firm. They were lucky she’d had the pine garland on hand. It was for a Christmas party she’d been hired to decorate for that weekend, which meant she would have to make a special trip to one of her suppliers so she could replace what she’d used. Maybe she should change that upcharge to 35 percent.

Vicki heard the front door open moments before Sandra and Janelle both walked in.

“Hey,” she called. “What are you two doing together? I thought you both had separate meetings.”

“With the same couple.” Janelle laughed. “The mother of the bride hired Sandra to design the dress and the mother of the groom hired me to coordinate the wedding. We didn’t realize it until we all showed up at the restaurant together.”

“Well, I hope you both told them which florist would be perfect to design the floral arrangements for the wedding,” Vicki said.

“Don’t we always?” Sandra said.

“When you have a minute we need to go over the list of floral arrangements we’ll need for the Woolcotts’ Kwanzaa celebration,” Janelle said. “Nancy wants to make sure the centerpieces on the buffet tables are completely different from those on the tables where guests will be eating.

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