Building What's Meant to Be: Feel good friendships, heartwarming, southern, small town romantic comedy (Home Sweet Home Romance Book 5) by Ellie Hall

Author:Ellie Hall [Hall, Ellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

TINSLEY

The morning at Sweethearts Bakery & Café is a blur of mishaps. Getting sugar and salt mixed up along with regular and decaffeinated coffee—rookie mistakes. I even walked out with my apron still on before Louella Belle whistled to catch my attention and so I could put it in the wash basket.

It’s not until I spot Aiden, standing on the sidewalk, that anything in my life comes into focus. His back is turned, but there’s a lot to admire from here—his tousled hair, strong shoulders, and his backside suggests he’s no slouch at the gym.

When he shifts slightly and then turns around at my approach, my stomach knots—I’d like to say I took advantage of working at a bakery and café, but nervous about the ladybosses stopping in all morning kept my appetite tied up.

Aiden standing by his motorcycle with Officer Henley doesn’t help matters. The cop greets me and then saunters off.

“Hi,” Aiden says almost breathless.

“Everything okay?” I ask, wondering if he wants to arrest me again or if Henley got word that the FBI wants to take me into custody.

“With Henley? Yep. He wanted to tease me about stealing the cat.”

“Did you steal it?”

Aiden chuckles as he gets on the bike. “For the record,” he starts, using the phrase I did yesterday, “I’m not a thief.”

Except for lady hearts. I press my hand against mine. What has gotten into me? Fatigue? Hunger? I’ll take some cheese curls, please!

But speaking of cats and ladies, as in ladybosses, I have a few questions that maybe Aiden can answer because I’m not used to being around women who’re so nice to each other. Not catty at all. It’s almost unnerving.

“Are the ladybosses and Bess really best friends?”

“They really are,” he says. “If I didn’t know better, I’d think they were all sisters separated at birth. They’re just that close.”

“I watched Designed to Last but heard Louella Belle and the others applied to be on Mr. Fix-It before they got their show on HLTV. Doesn’t that mean they were competitors?”

“As I understand it, Louella Belle’s aunt who raised her passed away, but she didn’t find out until months later. She’d been traveling abroad and her brother neglected to inform her. He also tried to take her inheritance, but that’s another story. Rhondy got worried when she wasn’t at the funeral. Once back here and living in the Flora & Fawn van, Louella Belle got desperate and applied for the show.”

“What about the others?” My heart aches for Louella Belle’s loss and the way she found out about her aunt.

“Christina was a social media personality with her @DomesticDiva brand, so it makes sense she’d want to level up. Mae was in a slump and living on Bess’s couch. So while Mae was sleeping Bess sent in the contest application.”

I laugh. “Seriously?”

Aiden nods with a smile.

“If my sister did something like that...” I trail off. But she wouldn’t. I can’t remember the last time we even spoke.

“As for Camellia, I’m not sure other than she was a widow and wanted change.

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