Cozy Halloween : Cozy Mystery Boxed Set by Addison Moore & Bellamy Bloom

Author:Addison Moore & Bellamy Bloom
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.
Published: 2019-09-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Stay away from Noah or else!

I stare at the note pinched between my fingers far longer than necessary. The paper it’s written on is creamier than my nighttime moisturizer. And if its gold embossed monogram CF hadn’t tipped me off as to who sent it—the perpetrator who handed it to me would have. I glance across the counter at Cormack Featherby.

She pranced right into the Cutie Pie Bakery and Cakery after her Swift Cycle class per tradition, and Britney hops by her side trying to get a gander at the note in my hand. I flash it her way and Britney hoots so loud you’d think it was something far more exciting than a foreboding message.

“Did you just threaten Luella?” Britney slaps her hand over her knee. “Oh goodness.” She digs the tips of her pinkie fingers into the corners of her eyes to keep from crying. “Cormack, you are too much today. First the rant about Noah kicking you out on your naked rear end and now this? You’re lucky Lacy hasn’t slapped you with a restraining order. Don’t you think it’s time you let sleeping dogs lie?”

“Oh, I did.” Cormack’s lips twitch with what I’m guessing is rage. “I stepped right over Toby as I made my way into that bedroom.”

Huh. Not once has Toby not greeted me with an enthusiastic running, jumping, pet-me-over-the belly hello. I guess he, too, is just not that into her.

I slide the note back across the counter. “I don’t need this, Cormack. And I’m not staying away from him. Like it or not, Noah and I are embracing our marriage.” I leave out the part about it being a temporary stronghold, per the instructions from his therapist.

She rolls her eyes. “It’s a fake marriage. I know all about it. Hazel told me herself she thought you were serious so she finalized the paperwork for you.”

It’s true. Hazel Wellington took over her sister Amanda’s event planning company in haste and was desperately trying not to mess up when she messed up royally and filed the paperwork making my union to Noah ironclad in the eyes of the law.

“It might have started off that way, but Noah and I have had a change of heart. We’re taking this seriously, and so should you. Look, I realize that you’ve fallen hard for Noah again, but maybe this is a good time to set your sights somewhere else?” Like the south of France, I want to say.

Brit nods as her ponytail swings back and forth. “I’m sure there’s a wealthy count, or an earl, or even a loaded commoner that might strike your fancy—or your appetite for financial destruction.” She chortles and I struggle not to chortle right along with her. “Excuse me, ladies. I need my coffee.” She scoots down to the register where Lily takes her order.

Great. Never would I have guessed that Britney would become the voice of reason. And furthermore—that I would desperately want her to remain in my presence and act as a buffer between Cormack and me.

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