After All: a Sapphire Falls novel by Erin Nicholas

Author:Erin Nicholas [Nicholas, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EN Fiction, Inc.
Published: 2017-05-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Peyton was nearly to the bakery when her phone dinged with a text message. She swiped her thumb over the screen. It was a photo of Scott’s abs. The first even semi-dirty text Scott had ever sent her. She smiled in spite of the fact that Scott was now trying to seduce her, and she was never going to survive.

This normal-relationship-versus-seduction thing was confusing. The normal stuff seemed sexy, the sexy stuff seemed normal—or at least really natural—and she wasn’t sure which side she was on. Or he was on.

She was a little early to be getting to work, thanks to rushing out of his house after “helping” him shower, so she headed in the direction of the gazebo at the center of the town square. She took a few shots of the notes and drawings from the kids in Sapphire Falls that decorated the white wooden structure that many called the heart of the town. They were all get-well wishes for Scott. She sent them to him with a simple “aww, how sweet”.

There. Little kid artwork. That had to be the opposite of sexy.

Peyton started for the bakery again, still smiling in spite of herself. She took a deep, contented breath at the sound of the little bell tinkling overhead as she pulled the door to Scott’s Sweets open and stepped inside. Her eyes immediately went to the bakery case full of new, brightly frosted sugar cookies.

The plate of six she’d taken to Scott but hadn’t really taken to Scott was still on the seat of her truck. Because the question remained—did she want to keep him? Or more accurately, should she keep him?

She’d decided somewhere between brushing her teeth last night and mixing pancake batter that morning, that she was going to at least meet him partway while they were playing house. He wanted more than sex. She could give him more. Or try.

She just did not want to be her mother. Scott was already Dan, more or less, so Peyton had to put some effort into being better, being a more equal partner than Jo had ever been, even if it was for only two weeks and was more of a flirtatious game between her and Scott than an honest-to-goodness commitment. She might not want to turn into her mother, but she still got itchy at the “C” word. Still, she could do better than naughty nurse costumes and going sans underwear around the house.

Like pancakes. And nice texts. And not getting him off in the shower…

“Morning!”

Peyton jerked her thoughts away from Scott’s bathroom and back to the bakery. Where she was just standing and staring at the cookies she’d made last night. She looked up at Adrianne and pasted on a smile. “Hi.”

“I see you were busy last night,” Adrianne said, gesturing toward the bakery case.

“Yeah, I came in to get prepped for today and then had some time on my hands,” Peyton said, moving around the front counter toward the back room.

“Well, they look amazing and the place smells divine,” Adrianne said.

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