Hunky Neighbor by Viktor Redreich & Kaila Krayewski

Author:Viktor Redreich & Kaila Krayewski [Redreich, Viktor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Redreich Publishing Limited
Published: 2021-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Second wife

The frame slipped from her hand, spun in the air, smacked the shelf, and tumbled to the ground with a smack. The high-pitched sound of glass shattering reverberated through the living room, and in her head. Carefully, Candy reached down and picked up the frame amongst the sharp glass shards, and turned it over. There, looking back at her almost accusingly, was Easter’s sharp, exquisite, mysterious face.

Candy felt her stomach form into a knot. Had it really been an accident? Maybe her subconscious was playing games with her.

She went to the cleaning closet to fetch the dustpan and swept up the broken glass. As she deposited the shards into the bin, she tossed the photo with it. There are enough photos of Easter in here, anyways, Candy reasoned without thinking twice.

She returned to the mantel where she’d been dusting off the photo frames, sculptures, and trinkets she’d laid out with Kevin a few weeks back. Candy looked around the house and admired her work. She was proud of how she’d helped transform Kevin’s house in the few short weeks she’d been staying there. Each day, she’d taken a new task upon herself, using her keen design eye to make the various decorative touches visually appealing and as comfortable as possible.

Her most recent addition was the reading nook. She’d reused an old frame Kevin hadn’t filled and had an inspirational quote printed out for it. It hung just above a comfy reading chair, in front of which sat a fluffy ottoman footrest. There was a side table with a leafy green plant, and a few floor plants on the other side of the chair too. Candy had incorporated one of Kevin’s beautiful bronze floor lamps to hang over the reading chair. It was similar to a space Elena had helped her create in her own bedroom; Candy had modeled this one to be more grown-up and to suit the eclectic style of Kevin’s house.

Candy used to think of Easter when she was decorating, wondering to herself what the woman of the house would think of this or that, if she would approve, how she would have done it differently. But that wonderment had faded recently. Having decorated this house from the ground up, Candy had formed a sense of ownership over its contents, though she acknowledged on a more realistic level that she ought not to--nothing here was hers, after all, particularly not its male occupant.

She turned her attention to the dining table, which she’d set with bronze and gold placemats, fine copper cutlery, and silk mahogany-colored napkins she’d found in a box labeled “casual dinnerware.” Candy had wondered, if this were considered casual in Avesta, what exactly the fancy dinnerware would look like.

Candy had done her research on Kevin’s homeland. There wasn’t much information available, but she’d managed to find a recipe site with authentic dishes. That particular night, she’d prepared a bonafide homegrown feast for Kevin. She knew that he was feeling down being apart from his

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