Listen to Your Heart by Sydney Logan

Author:Sydney Logan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Family Life, Contemporary, Romance, Inspirational, Clean & Wholesome, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Enchanted Publications
Published: 2016-11-19T05:00:00+00:00

Pierre makes the best wedding cakes in town. He’s also a shameless flirt. This doesn’t usually bother me because he always sends me home with extra samples, but today, my heart’s just not in it. Still, when he meets me at the door and hugs me tight, I try. I really try. But I don’t fool him for a second.

“You look tired, my sweet Skye. And pale.” He takes me by the hand and leads me to one of the tables in the back of the shop. “I know what you need. Come eat. Your groom awaits. And he looks just as miserable as you do.”

As we approach the table, the groom raises his head, and his tired blue eyes light up when they lock with mine.

I know I’ve said it before, but I really mean it this time.

Lynsey Evans is dead.

Pierre must sense the tension. Probably because I refuse to sit down. Or formulate sentences.

“He’s your groom, yes?”

“He’s not my . . . I mean, yes. He’s the groom. Not my groom, but . . .” Get it together, Skye. “Yes. Thank you, Pierre. We’ll let you know if we need anything.”

He walks back to the kitchen, leaving the two of us alone with the dessert samples. Always the gentleman, Caleb stands as I slowly walk toward the table. His eyes don’t leave mine as I sit down next to him. I reach for one of the forks, and I hear him mutter something under his breath.

“What was that?”

“I said I’m going to kill Jules,” he says, sighing. “Skye, I had nothing to do with this.”

“Let’s just eat.”

“I didn’t, I swear. Juliana told me to meet Lynsey after school at the fancy bakery on Willow. So, here I am.”

My first instinct is to call him a liar, but then I think about Lynsey’s double-booked afternoon. I don’t believe that now. Not for a second. Without a doubt, my best friend set me up. I don’t know if Caleb’s best friend did the same.

But if she did . . . why?

I place one of the tiny cakes in front of him and offer him a fork.

“Please just eat,” I whisper, sliding a plate between us. Caleb takes the fork and stabs at the first sample, a gorgeous carrot cake with cheesecake filling.

“What are you thinking?” he asks in between bites.

“I’m thinking this needs more frosting.”

“What else are you thinking?”

“Thinking we need new best friends.”

“Yeah. They set us up.”

I nod. Caleb continues taking small bites, but I can’t. It smells great. I just don’t trust myself not to throw up in Pierre’s shop.

“You look so tired, Skye.”

“So do you.”

Suddenly, my stomach growls. It knows I’m depriving it of Pierre’s cakes. Plus, I haven’t eaten much today. A banana for breakfast and a granola bar at lunch.

Caleb chuckles. “Was that you?”

“Yeah.”

I laugh, and then we’re both laughing. It feels good.

He waves his fork over the cakes. “Well, since we’ve been set up . . . and we’re both hungry . . . and Pierre’s gone to all this trouble .

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