The Forget-Me-Not Bakery by Caroline Flynn

Author:Caroline Flynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-06-17T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Paige

Paige was stressed.

Rarely did she get so caught up in the whirlwind of being busy that it became overwhelming, but as the layers of undecorated cupcakes piled up in the fridge, and she continued to put more pans of them in the oven, she knew she might have gotten in over her head with this fundraiser idea. Paired with the steady stream of customers coming and going from her bakery, which meant she had to stop what she was doing in the back to go help them – and even then, it was only half-decent service – Paige was a bundle of frustration.

She couldn’t keep up. She’d taken on too much. The worst of it was that she had no one to blame but herself. She’d spearheaded the entire event a few weeks ago, not only because she truly did want to help the poor woman whose house had burned, but also for selfish reasons. She could admit that to herself now.

Paige wanted the residents of Port Landon to like her. She wanted Dr Cohen Beckett to like her, too.

Now, weeks later, Paige was more confident that she’d earned her place in the community. Her business had only flourished because of it. She was also more confident that Cohen liked her just as much as she liked him.

That didn’t make her fluctuating fears about furthering their relationship any easier to contend with. As she fought through the hours of the morning and made it into the early hours of the afternoon with the aid of copious amounts of coffee, Paige couldn’t shake the reasons that bounced back and forth through her mind as to why something as great as her friendship with Cohen could quickly come crashing down around her.

There was the obvious city versus small town dilemma. Sure, she was comfortable and content in Port Landon now, but it had only been a few months since she officially left the city. Would she stay happy here like she hoped? The sporadic texts from Alex, her former boss from Livingston Designs, sure made it seem like he hoped she would get tired of the ‘small town fad’ and come back to New York, and to the company, where she belonged. It was nice to feel wanted, and even nicer to have that safety net, but Paige wanted to believe she belonged in Port Landon just as much as Alex believed she belonged under his employ.

Then, there was the fact that the whole town, led by the effervescent Sonya Ritter, was all googly-eyed and convinced that she and Cohen were destined for a big, sappy, happily-ever-after. That was a load of pressure to live up to.

The worst part was that she was convinced that pretty soon Cohen was going to realize Paige had no experience whatsoever in raising a child. She knew nothing about kids. Zilch. Nada. She had no siblings, and her family was small. Children were a foreign entity in her childhood. And that little voice in the

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