If The Dress Fits by Debby Mayne

Author:Debby Mayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

Eight

“Elizabeth,” he said with a smile. “What are you doing here?”

She didn’t smile back. “I just came to talk to my friend who works here. She said you were with Fran, so I wanted to stop by to say hi.” Her eyes had narrowed, and she was still scowling.

“Are you okay?” he asked, hoping she’d let him know what was going on.

Instead, she shook her head. “I almost believed you.”

Fran looked back and forth between Jeremy and Elizabeth, then stood. “I’ll leave the two of you alone so you can talk.”

Elizabeth shook her head. “That’s not necessary. I’ve heard all I need to hear.”

Jeremy stood up to leave. Something strange was happening here, and he didn’t want to make it worse.

As she made her way to the door, Elizabeth turned to him. “Don’t bother following me. I don’t have anything else to say to you.”

❧

Cindi had just taken out the last of the shipment and hung it to be steamed. When she heard the door, she turned and saw Elizabeth moving toward her with a mission.

“I was right about Jeremy Hayden.”

“What?” Cindi said, confused. “What happened?”

Elizabeth was clearly out of breath. She stood there, her chest heaving as she tried to compose herself. Finally, she let out a deep breath and said, “Be careful!”

“You’re not making a bit of sense, Elizabeth. Tell me what’s going on.”

Cindi guided Elizabeth toward the love seat and encouraged her to explain what had happened. Then she listened as Elizabeth told her about the encounter with Jeremy at Fran’s office.

“You were right,” she said. “He was still planning to buy and sell your shop.”

“You’ve been saying that all along, so why are you so upset now?”

“He so much as admitted to Fran that you were getting the wrong idea about his intentions and all he wanted to do was turn a profit after boosting the earnings. He’s playing games with you just to make a buck.”

A sense of dread washed over Cindi. She’d just started letting down her guard with Jeremy.

Elizabeth looked up and shook her head. “He’s super slick.”

“Okay, so what now?” Cindi asked.

“Since he has a history of being too charming for a nice girl like you, I suggest you avoid him at all costs. He isn’t any different now from when he dumped—” She stopped midsentence.

Cindi lifted her eyebrows. “That’s virtually impossible.”

“I’ll tell him to get lost if you want me to,” Elizabeth offered.

“No,” Cindi said. “I don’t want to react to anything he does. That’ll make him think I’m weak. I can still talk to him.”

“I don’t want to see you get hurt again,” Elizabeth said softly.

“I realize that,” Cindi replied as she turned to her friend and smiled. “I’ll be careful, but I don’t want to turn my back on him, now that he’s at least going to church.”

Elizabeth paused then nodded. “You’re right. Just remember you can count on me to run interference if needed.”

Cindi belted out a laugh. “I’ve never doubted you’d do that for me. Now let’s get back to work.

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