Scrumptious by Amanda Usen

Author:Amanda Usen
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Published: 2011-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The next morning, Marly left Joe sound asleep in her bed and went to work earlier than usual. If she wanted to go on the road trip to Kentucky with a clear conscience, she needed to get the wedding cake baked and the layers frozen before she left. She also had to make sure they had enough desserts on hand so that they wouldn’t miss her while she was gone. One more double wouldn’t kill her, even if she’d had zero sleep for two days and every muscle in her body felt like room temperature butter.

Olivia was already working in the office when Marlene arrived. Anticipating that, Marlene had stopped at the coffee shop on the corner to get two large cappuccinos. She set one on the desk, and Olivia sighed her thanks.

“How’d it go with the lawyer last night?” Marlene asked.

“He says he can take care of everything.” Olivia’s voice did not hold the relief Marlene was expecting.

“Everything, huh? I bet he can.” Her low tone imbued the words with a meaning that earned an impatient look from Olivia. “Is he still in love with you?” she asked.

Olivia blinked.

“I’ll take that as a yes,” she said. “Did you sleep with him?”

“Marlene!”

“Just checking. Joe said you rolled out the wine. I thought you might put my theory into action.”

“Not likely. I’m not even sure how you developed your theory in the first place. Don’t you have to fall in love, first?”

“Semantics.” Marlene shrugged.

“Maybe Joe is going to be the one for you.” Olivia neatly turned the tables on her.

“Certainly not. He’s a maestro in bed though. I haven’t slept for two days.” She forced a laugh, then ducked out of the office and began assembling ingredients for a mega-batch of chocolate cake.

Olivia followed her. “You can run, but you can’t hide.”

“I’m not hiding. I’m baking. Hey, do you think you can handle the Fourth of July crowd by yourself? Joe asked me to go with him to his father’s cabin.” She kept her back turned so Olivia wouldn’t see the stupid grin sliding across her face.

“I suppose I can. We’ve got zip on the books. It’ll be deader than a doornail around here. Go have some fun. But would you mind answering one teeny-tiny question first?”

“Fire away.”

“What have you done with Marlene Bennet?” Olivia demanded.

Marly’s stupid grin got wider.

“No, seriously. Have you taken your temperature? Meeting the parent? Are you feeling okay?” She reached around to touch Marlene’s forehead.

“Oh, shut up. At least I’m not sleeping with my lawyer.”

“Neither am I.”

“Yet.”

“Yeah, that’s not going to happen,” Olivia stated.

“Give it a shot. You might like it.”

“No, really, Sean turned me down,” Olivia said.

Marlene turned around. “Get out!”

Olivia took a slow sip of her cappuccino.

“Do you want to talk about it?” she asked.

“No.” Olivia shook her head. “I really don’t. I’ll tell you all about it some other time, but right now I don’t want to talk about anything that’s going to piss me off or make me cry.” She took a deep breath.

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