The Little Village Bakery: A feel good romantic comedy with plenty of cake (Honeybourne Book 1) by Tennant Tilly

Author:Tennant, Tilly [Tennant, Tilly]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781786810151
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2016-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

11

Millie stumbled back against the doorframe. ‘Rowena,’ she said in a weak voice.

‘Surprised to see me?’

‘Where…’

‘Aren’t you going to ask me in?’ Rowena stepped back and swept the front of the building with a critical gaze. ‘I never had you down as a hovel sort of girl.’

‘What are you doing here?’ Millie hissed, her faculties returning. ‘How did you find me?’

‘It’s not that hard really. A few well-placed questions up in Millrise, a newspaper report down here about your plans to breathe life back into the…’ she crooked her fingers into speech marks, ‘heart of the sleepy village of Honeybourne, a chat with the village gossip… and voila.’

‘You have to go.’

‘But I only just got here.’

‘And you’re not welcome.’

‘Oh…’ Rowena stepped forward, forcing Millie back from the threshold and into the building, ‘I think I am.’

‘Why do you have to keep tormenting me? Haven’t you had enough? I’m truly sorry for what happened to Michael but don’t you think I’ve paid for that now?’ Millie cried, emotions overwhelming her. She’d worked so hard, finally got to the place where she could start to move on and it was all about to be snatched from her.

‘There is no price you can pay that will atone for what you made him do.’

‘Rowena… please…’

And then Millie’s legs almost buckled beneath her as another voice came from beyond the room. She clung to the shop counter and tried to calm her breathing.

‘Millie… Is everything ok?’ Dylan appeared at the doorway.

‘Of course,’ Millie replied stiffly.

‘Only I heard you…’ he began, confusion in his expression as he looked between the two women. ‘I wondered if you were alright.’

‘I’m an old friend of Millie’s,’ Rowena said, sidling past Millie before she could do anything. ‘And you are?’

‘A neighbour,’ Dylan said carefully, glancing at Millie for guidance. But she simply looked down at her feet, desperately trying to control the emotion that squeezed her throat. ‘I’m helping out, with the renovations.’

‘How noble of you. And I bet you’re just fabulous at it too.’

‘I try,’ he replied.

‘And so handsome… You know,’ Rowena said, eyeing him up and down, ‘you remind me a lot of my brother.’

‘Do I?’ Dylan asked hesitantly.

‘You’re about the same age as he would have been, too, at a guess.’

‘Dylan…’ Millie found her voice and looked up at him, her eyes silently trying to communicate what she dared not speak in front of the newcomer. ‘I think Rowena and I need to talk some things over. I don’t suppose you’d mind popping back later?’

He looked from one to the other again, clearly trying to weigh up the situation. Then he nodded. ‘Sure. You know where I am if you need me… It was nice to meet you, Rowena.’

Rowena nodded carelessly and took herself to sit in the window seat. Millie walked with Dylan to the door.

He stepped out into the street, and then turned to face her. ‘You’re sure you don’t need me to stick around?’ he said in a low voice.

Millie shook her head. ‘It’s something I have to sort myself.

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