Candy Kisses by Marie Bernadette

Author:Marie, Bernadette [Marie, Bernadette]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: 5 Prince Publishing
Published: 2012-01-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Tuesday Tabitha didn’t have time to think of sexy men and quaint pizza dinners. She didn’t have time to dwell on the slight headache from the beer she’d drank or the kisses she’d pressed to Preston’s lips. Not on her mind at all were the kisses they’d shared when he drove her home and forced himself to leave after they’d made out like a couple of kids on the couch. And there was a gratefulness that after she’d asked Brie to pick her up to take her to work, Brie had asked for the day off without many questions as to why her car was still at the shop.

Yes, she was glad to be busy and not be thinking of anything. And luckily, Preston was busy selling cars today too and didn’t have time for her either. However, his mother decided that her store was a good place to spend her days now that her son seemed smitten with Tabitha.

“This is more fun than I ever could have imagined,” Claire said as she dipped a strawberry. “What patience you have.”

“I enjoy what I do.”

“So do I. I love to see the faces of the couples when they come in and tell me what they are looking for.” Claire skillfully dipped another strawberry. “I can tell when a couple isn’t going to make it. But for the most part they are all so in love when they come to see me and it just makes my heart so happy.”

Tabitha watched as Claire continued to dip strawberries as though it had been her calling in life. At least if wedding planning stopped being so successful Tabitha knew she could hire her to help out. She was trained to have an eye for detail.

Watching her, however, wasn’t taking her mind off of what Claire had said. She enjoyed other people’s happiness and it made her happy. That Tabitha understood. She’d seen her mother’s face the first time she’d baked her a cake in that little light bulb oven. It was a pleasure she’d never seen on anyone else’s face.

But it was different now. People who bought her chocolates bought them so they could see that pleasure on their loved ones faces, she wasn’t accustomed to seeing it at all anymore. Oh there were smiles and shrills of delight, but not that same kind of emotion brought on because of someone else.

She thought of the wedding she’d attended with Preston. The bride and groom had that kind of pleasure on their faces. The kind that told her that the wedding itself wasn’t important. It was formality. What was important was they would be together forever.

With a little more thought, she realized she’d seen that look on Preston’s face as he’d danced her around the floor in her bare feet.

The clanging of the spoon, she’d had in her hand, hitting the metal table was enough to snap her back to reality.

Claire was still talking, but Tabitha hadn’t heard a word she’d said. She picked

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