Awakening His Innocent Cinderella by Natalie Anderson

Author:Natalie Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2018-02-11T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

‘WE NEED TO make even more tomorrow, but I honestly don’t know how we can.’ Francesca locked the door and slumped back against it.

They’d sold out at the pasticceria before lunchtime, even though Gracie had made a third more pastries than usual.

‘I know,’ Gracie groaned. ‘I’m going to have to start even earlier.’

Despite her tiredness, having to bake round the clock had been the best thing about these last few days. She’d had no time to dwell on he whom she refused to remember. Rafe certainly hadn’t been into the bakery again, and now Alex was well enough to tend the roses, Gracie had stayed away from the villa.

‘It’ was definitely ‘over’, and that was just fine; she was choosing to think about something else. Anything else. Such as making pastries. Hundreds and hundreds of pastries. She’d been testing new products daily—to Francesca’s delight. So the sleeplessness was worth it.

‘I have news.’ Francesca walked towards the counter.

‘Good news?’ Gracie looked up from wiping down the cabinets. She needed as much distraction as possible.

‘Catering news.’ An awkward look crossed Francesca’s face. ‘A potential client wants to talk to you about an upcoming event.’

‘When does she want to meet us?’ Gracie paused and looked more intently at Francesca. Why was she looking guilty?

‘This afternoon. He’s requested you specifically. If we do well, it could open all kinds of doors given who’s likely to be on the guest list.’

A sense of foreboding slithered down Gracie’s spine. ‘Who’s he?’

‘Rafael Vitale. The new owner of the Villa Rosetta. He wants us to cater his upcoming house-warming.’

Grace’s heart thundered so loudly she put her hand to her chest to make sure her ribs could contain it. ‘He’s having a house-warming party?’

‘A big one.’ Francesca nodded. ‘He said it would be better to communicate his needs in English with you.’

His needs? Four days and he’d suddenly realised he had needs?

A shadow crossed Francesca’s face, dimming her excited glow. ‘Are you sure you want to go? I can go with you if—’

‘It’s fine. No problem.’ Gracie saw Francesca was torn about asking this of her. Rafael was in the wrong for putting her friend in this position—and he was going to hear about it. ‘You need to be here to get ready for tonight anyway.’

‘You’re sure? Fantastic. You’re to meet him at the villa at four o’clock. He said you already know the security code to get in.’ The interest in Francesca’s gaze was barely veiled now.

‘Yes, I know the code.’ Gracie straightened and shot her boss a smile and lied for the first time in years. ‘I’ll handle him, no problem at all.’

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