Ice Creams at Emerald Cove: A heartwarming feel-good romantic comedy to escape with this summer by Holly Martin

Author:Holly Martin [Martin, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

As he stood in the kitchen of Cones at the Cove with Bea the next day, Jesse was flicking through the pages of the recipe book that Skye had given him. It seemed Walter had kept notes on everything, and although the notebook was falling apart with pages stuffed back in, it was clear that Walter had started off with the notebook in clear sections: starters, main courses and desserts. Jesse had to smile that the dessert section was considerably thicker than the others; it seemed Walter had had a passion for sweet things too.

He needed this to focus on right now rather than the complete mess he’d made of his life. He couldn’t lose Skye. The night before, when they’d made love, when she’d said those words that he was enough for her, he’d been filled with this new determination that he couldn’t lose her. She was his world and he had to fight for her. Which meant he had to come here to England, whatever it took.

He’d spent a while on the phone to the UK immigration service and the Canadian embassy that morning. Luckily, he met certain criteria which meant he was allowed to work here for two years but it wasn’t exactly a straightforward procedure, especially with Bea. Although the greatest gift that Ginny had ever given her daughter was her dual citizenship. Ginny had been born in Britain and emigrated to Canada with her parents when she was little, so Bea had grown up with both nationalities and a legal right to live and work in both countries. It was entirely possible Bea could come into the country on her own visa but it was something that he would need to look into because of her age. But either they both came or they both stayed, they were a package deal. Once he had confirmed Bea was free to come, he could fast-track his own application and hear back within five days, but until he had everything finalised he didn’t want to give Bea or Skye false hope.

Because what if Bea wasn’t allowed in? What if his own application was rejected? Would Skye consider coming back to Canada where she already had a visa to stay? But her family were here and Aria and Clover were starting families of their own; Skye would want to be here for that. Nor did he want to take her away from all the work she had done here in the café. And she would probably only consider coming back if she had something serious to come back for. His thoughts turned to the engagement ring he had hidden away in his luggage. Could he really offer her that? Would she even say yes?

‘So where’s this famous rhubarb pie recipe?’ Bea said, next to him, and he realised he’d been staring at the same page for the last few minutes without taking any of it in.

He cleared his throat. ‘I’m not sure, I haven’t seen it yet.’

‘It could be in one of these loose pages,’ Bea said, carefully sliding a couple of the pages out.

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