If It's Perfect: A Romantic Comedy (The Wedding Business Series) by Summer Dowell

Author:Summer Dowell [Dowell, Summer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

A wall of floral smells hit me when I stepped into my office the next day. It wasn't a surprise since I'd seen a couple loose petals on the sidewalk leading up to our door. Haley must've been working today.

"Haley, are you here?" I called as I shut the door.

"In the back."

I followed the voice to the back room and was met with a sea of purple and pink. Purple roses, pink daisies, purple lilacs, a bunch of other pink flowers whose names I didn't know. In the middle of the chaos sat Haley, cross-legged and pruning scissors in hand, snipping away.

"I'm assuming there's a method to your madness," I said, leaning against the doorframe.

She reached up and tightened the bandanna holding her hair back. "Who said anything about methods; I only have madness."

I laughed. "Do you have a wedding tomorrow?"

"Yes, last names are Roden and Garcia." Looking up at me, she added, "They aren't one of Avery's, so you probably haven't heard of them." She ran her gloved hand down the length of a long-stemmed rose, removing the remaining thorns before placing it in a pile. "The actual wedding ceremony is on the beach, so they only need boutonnieres and bouquets for that. However, the reception is going to be at a banquet hall with a guest list of over two hundred." She raised her eyes to the ceiling. "That's almost thirty table arrangements, not including the serving tables and whatnot. I'm going to be here all night again."

"I'd offer to give you a hand," I said, kicking a flower petal that had landed on the toe of my wedged heels, "but we all know how that would end."

One corner of her mouth crept up. "Yeah, I think I'd rather just pull an all-nighter."

When Haley and I had first started renting this office together, I offered to help her during one of her late-night jam sessions. Not only had I sliced myself on the shearing scissors, but I knocked over the main centerpiece for the banquet table. Haley had to go on a last-minute scavenger hunt to find flowers to make up for all the ones I'd destroyed. Needless to say, she'd never let me help since.

"Alright, I'll be doing some work on my computer if you need me." I pushed off from the wall.

"Oka—wait!"

Her words brought me to a halt.

"How dare you try to escape before telling me how things are with your new guy." She pointed a flower at me like a sword. "You get right back over here and give me the details. I don't think I've seen you since last week. Have you seen him again? How did your date go?"

She was right; this was the first time we'd seen each other since that Cinco de Mayo party. Had that only been two weeks ago? It seemed like forever. "Things are...good between us." I felt a smile spread across my face despite my resolve to stay nonchalant.

"Sit down. Right now."

I rolled my eyes but kicked aside enough loose greenery to make a clean seat.

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