Sugar and Spice by Jenny Jacobs

Author:Jenny Jacobs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, contemporary
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2012-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Thank heavens you’re back, Greta wanted to say the moment she saw Tess but she restrained herself. She should give her sister a minute to adjust to being back at work. It couldn’t have been easy to go on a honeymoon with Belinda and Michael and make sure everyone got equal attention. The last thing she needed was someone else demanding her attention and time.

Even so, Greta uncharacteristically threw her arms around her little sister, artfully avoiding the cups of coffee she was carrying, and hugged her tightly. Then she let Tess up for air and asked, “Did you have a great time?”

“I was on vacation with a nine-year-old,” Tess said, setting her shoulder bag down. She handed a cup of coffee to Greta and kept the other for herself. Greta took the cup gratefully. It meant some things hadn’t changed, even though everything had.

“But you had a good time?” she persisted. Someone should be having a good time, and since she herself seemed constitutionally incapable of it —

“I was on my honeymoon,” Tess said with a grin. “Yes, I had a good time.”

“TMI,” Greta said, holding up a hand.

“Too much information? I haven’t given you any much information,” Tess protested, peeling the top off her coffee and taking a deep slug, then sighing in appreciation.

“But you’re about to.” Greta didn’t mind sharing her sister’s joy in her life but she had to draw the line somewhere. There was such a thing as being obnoxiously happy and it was up to Greta to prevent Tess from straying into that territory.

Tess rolled her eyes and threw herself into the armchair next to the bed. The only reason she didn’t throw herself on the bed as usual was because it was piled with Greta’s laptop and files and other accoutrements.

“Been busy?” Tess asked, raising an eyebrow at the mess. Looking at the scattering the way someone like Tess might see it, Greta realized that she had let the work fill up every part of her life so that there was hardly any room for anything else.

With a guilty start she wondered if she’d have any time for Tess if Tess weren’t part of the business. Of course I would, she reassured herself, but she hoped she was never forced to find out the truth.

Besides, work wasn’t the only thing in her life. “I had a date while you were gone, I’ll have you know.” She pronounced the words with satisfaction. There. Tess couldn’t fault her for not getting out and socializing. She’d socialized. She wasn’t all that eager to do it again soon but Tess didn’t have to know that.

“Was it with Ian or that icky lawyer?” Tess asked. “Michael’s mother felt compelled to invite him to the wedding for reasons I can’t fathom.”

“What makes you think I would ever go on a date with Ian?” Greta demanded.

“Uh huh,” Tess said, slurping coffee. “So?”

“So?”

“So who was it?”

“The icky lawyer,” Greta said, not even the slightest bit compelled to defend the man.

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