Blame It On the Candy Canes by Samantha Baca

Author:Samantha Baca
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Holiday romance
Publisher: Samantha Baca
Published: 2023-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

Andi

The next few days had flown by in a flash. Between it being our busy time of the year at Sugarplum Sweets and taking on the custom order for Jasmin for the Frosty Fest, I was struggling to keep my head above water.

Zach and I hadn’t talked much about what happened the other night in his bedroom, probably because I was avoiding talking to him as much as possible. I was pretty sure that everyone had already figured out that we were “dating,” given the looks people gave us whenever they saw us together. I hadn’t stayed at his house the past few nights, but only because I was so exhausted from working double shifts to get ahead on the cookies that I insisted on going to my apartment so I could get some actual sleep. Being at his place meant we would find ourselves sleeping together, and neither of us would be rested. However, that hadn’t stopped me from tossing and turning all night, wanting to feel his presence next to me.

Sam had been sending over handfuls of candy canes every time we picked up our drink order, which seemed odd, but I didn’t have time to think about it. It was after two on Friday, and I was in the final stretch of finishing the cookies before I had to deliver them tomorrow morning for Frosty Fest.

My hand cramped from gripping the frosting bag while I worked on decorating the Santa sugar cookies. The kitchen was bustling around me as everyone worked on getting the orders out up front while I stayed in my corner, out of the way.

“Son of a bitch!” I muttered when a giant blob of white icing shot out, covering Santa’s face.

I slammed the bag of icing down and looked around for the knife I had been using to fix errors as they happened.

“What’s wrong?” Liv asked, approaching the metal table with two to-go cups from Sugarplum Lattes. She set the tray down and leaned forward to see what I was working on. “Oh my God! It looks like Santa got a—”

“Don’t you dare say it,” I warned, pointing the knife at her.

“Alright, alright,” she laughed, holding her hands up.

“What’s with the candy canes?” I asked, noticing two on the tray tucked in between the cups.

“They’re from Sam.”

I arched an eyebrow and looked up under my lashes while trying to get the icing off without ruining the rest.

“What’s his deal? Is he like obsessed with peppermint or something?” My tone was snarky, but I was tired, my feet were killing me, and I couldn’t figure out why he kept sending so many candy canes my way.

“They’re for your lovers’ quarrel.” She smiled softly.

“My what?” I set the knife down and stared at her, giving her my full attention.

“His grandpa used to tell him that the key to solving a lover's quarrel was to sit down, have a cup of coffee, and eat candy canes. By themselves, they’re just candy canes, but put them together, and they make a heart.

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