The Bashful Bride by Everly West

Author:Everly West [West, Everly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 1

Charlotte

The Ladies Club of Laramie was filled with back-stabbing, hoity-toity, elitists€”at least according to Charlotte Bennett’s mother they were.

"Would it kill them to include me?"

Charlotte bit her lip to keep from grinning and picked up the rose she'd made from pastry dough, laying it on top of the pie she was making as her mother continued to rant, her displeasure with Fiona Quincy becoming a thing of legend now. Those two would never be friends regardless of her mother's attempts to befriend her and her wanting to be a part of their high society crowd was bordering on obsession.

"She thinks she's better than me, that's what it is!"

Charlotte added another petal to the dough rose in her hand. "Momma, why do you try so hard?"

"Because those ladies are the most important and influential members of society in all of Laramie, that's why. Getting into their club could make us rich."

Charlotte highly doubted that but kept the thought to herself. Her mother's desire to climb the social ladder in Laramie was even more distressing now that Meredith Collins has been allowed into their inner circle. The mercantile owners wife was the newest addition and her mother was still waiting for one of those ladies to come into their little bakery and invite her to a meeting. So far, no one had done so.

"Is she any better than I am?"

Charlotte smiled. "No, mama. Mrs. Collins is no better than you are."

Movement out of the corner of her eye caught her attention. She turned her head to the door and froze. There were only a handful of things that reduced her into a quivering mess and made her feel like she was about to swallow her tongue and one of them was the sight of Elijah Collins. He stood on the other side of the screen door grinning at her, a bag of flour draped over one shoulder, and her hands started shaking so bad the dough rose she'd been making crumbled and fell to the table in pieces.

"Morning, Charlotte."

Her tongue felt as if it grew three sizes. Had he heard them talking about his mother? Her face heated until she knew it was blistering read. She opened her mouth to apologize--or tell him to come in, she wasn't sure which--but wasn't able to say a word.

His usual smile was in place and as he opened the door and stepped inside without being asked to do so. He laid the bag of flour down and inhaled deeply when he straightened. "I get hungry every time I walk in here." He craned his neck to where she stood, his gaze on the pie she was making. "Apple?"

She

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