Crushed: A Love Letters Novel by Blakely Kristen

Author:Blakely, Kristen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“Felicity?”

Felicity looked up from her attempt to salvage the floral arrangement that seemed determined to sag beneath the weight of the deep purple calla lilies.

“The caterers are here, but the tables and chairs haven’t been delivered yet.” Mrs. Meredith wrung her hands. “The kitchen is full of the decorations—”

“The caterers can use my kitchen to set up. It’s probably closest to the patio anyway.” She dug the keys out of her pocket and handed them to Mrs. Meredith before reaching for more floral tape.

“Ah, here’s my favorite girl,” Eric’s familiar voice rang through the foyer. He strode up to her and pecked a kiss on her cheek. “How are things going?”

She gave him an exasperated glare. “Welcome to the chaos. I noticed you stayed away all morning when we could have really used your help getting things organized before all the contractors arrived.”

“Hey, some of us have multi-billion dollar businesses to run.”

“Great excuse. Now, there are five more arrangements in my cottage. I’ve labeled them with tags of where they need to go—”

“Hart Floral Delivery at your service.” Eric bowed from his waist.

Felicity laughed. “Is Lisa coming?”

“Oh, Lisa was weeks ago.” His tone was dismissive, but something in his eyes told Felicity he was not as indifferent as he pretended to be. “I know a couple of the ladies on the guest list who would be more than happy to drape themselves over my magnificent self, but officially, I don’t have a date. Do you?”

“To be honest, I’m not sure.” Felicity wrapped floral tape around the wire she positioned alongside the calla lily stem. She held her breath as she removed her hands from the flower. Thankfully, the stem held. “Cody knows about the party, but he didn’t make any promises about attending.”

“Does he ever?”

“Ever what?”

“Make promises?”

Felicity stopped to think about it. “No,” she said finally. “He’s careful not to.”

Eric grunted. “I guess it would be too much to hope that he’d make an exception for one night, just because it’s Mom and Dad’s anniversary. He stays away for one more year, and he would have spent more of his life away from home than at home.”

She frowned. “I wish you wouldn’t joke about it.”

“Humor is really the only thing that gets us all through this. Cody ripped the heart out of this family when he ran away.” He scowled. “You know what? I’m perfectly fine with Cody not being here. The only thing worse than hoping he’ll be here is being disappointed, yet again.”

“Eric—”

“I’ll go get your flowers.” He stalked out of the foyer and toward the glass doors that led out to the back patio.

Felicity had peace for all of nine and a half minutes before Carolyn swept into the hall. “What are you still doing with the flowers? Go get dressed, dear.”

“The calla lilies are drooping—”

“The arrangement is gorgeous. Now, go change. The guests will start arriving in fifteen minutes.”

“That would be unfashionably on time.”

“We’re not the height of fashion here in Boulder, dear,” Carolyn said, with an affectionate smile.

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