Winter Bloom by Paige Laurelin & McGee Kayti

Author:Paige, Laurelin & McGee, Kayti [Paige, Laurelin & McGee, Kayti]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781953520630
Amazon: B095KQVZG5
Goodreads: 58113028
Publisher: Paige Press, LLC
Published: 2021-07-12T07:00:00+00:00

Prudence does not live up to the definition of her name. She’s a pint-sized version of me, exhibiting no caution when it comes to her crush. Seven is much too young to make such big mistakes that are going to ruin her little life.

Standing at the island in Logan’s gourmet kitchen, I listen as she chats about Hannah, while shaping Logan’s ball of home-made pizza dough into a heart.

“She has Snapchat, but Mommy won’t let me have it yet.”

“As she shouldn’t,” Logan says, assembling a variety of toppings in front of us.

“She has everything. It’s not fair that I can’t send him pictures too.”

“You can always draw him a picture,” Logan says.

No. She needs to move on from him. I spread sauce on my crust, wondering how to broach this topic with her. Maybe it’s not my place.

“I’m not good at drawing. Hannah is, though.”

“Help me out here, Chloe,” Logan says, giving me the green-light.

“What’s so special about Lucas anyway?”

She drops pepperoni on her pizza, lining them up along the edge of the heart. “I don’t know. He’s funny, and he gives me his snack at lunch sometimes.”

“Sounds like a very nice boy,” I say as Logan leans his elbows on the counter, silent, watching us top our pizzas. “Anybody else funny?”

She shrugs. “Yeah. But it’s not the same.” Little girl, I feel your pain. Perhaps a seven-year-old will be better at taking advice than I’ve been.

“Well, don’t try to recreate Lucas. Find something different. Sometimes something different is better than you thought it would be.” I sprinkle mushrooms on my pizza. “It seems to me that maybe you should just focus on friendship and the pizza-making empire you said you wanted. Don’t rely on a man to feed you. Make your own snacks! Really, boys can wait for many, many years.”

Logan smiles. “Yeah, they’re nothing but trouble. Don’t even bother with them. Yuck.”

I smile back. “Exactly.”

“Then why do you like my uncle? Shouldn’t you be focusing on something besides guys like my Mommy says she is?”

This is exactly why children are terrifying.

“Well, your uncle is different. He’s hard to say no to. Don’t you agree?”

“Yeah. He says no to me all the time, though.”

He throws a bit of cheese at her and she giggles.

I find that hard to believe he’d deny her anything. It’s clear Logan is wrapped around her tiny finger and it’s so sweet it makes my chest do this weird squeezing thing. He’s someone I could be boyfriend/girlfriend and really good friends with. Maybe the fact that I didn’t dive in headfirst emotionally the way I normally do is a sign that I’m finally growing up. I’m letting it happen naturally, start to finish. Autocorrect fails and all.

“What else do you want on your pizza, Pru?” Logan says, pushing off the counter. “Time to get these in the oven.”

“Just pepperoni,” she says. “Lucas likes pepperoni. And that’s all Hannah eats on hers.”

I lean in and whisper. “Can I tell you a secret?” She nods. “Always get

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