Winter Wishes at Swallowtail Bay: a heartwarming romantic comedy perfect for curling up with this Christmas for fans of Jill Mansell (Swallowtail Bay, Book 3) by Katie Ginger

Author:Katie Ginger [Ginger, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-10-06T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Though Tom was thoroughly enjoying adding even more things to the Christmas window display of the flower shop, slotting in a couple of poinsettia in bright red pots tied with giant gold bows and wooden nutcracker dolls standing proudly to attention, he shivered having gone outside in just his jumper, too preoccupied to find his coat.

He’d seen the exchange between Cat and Brenda and heard all about Cat and Nell’s argument. At least the wedding fair had brought them together again and been a huge success too. It was nice to see Nell looking content again. Even if she did still beam a little brighter when Harry was around.

Then there was Kieran. As his best friend and best man at his wedding, Tom had a duty to check on his mate. Kieran had told him what Cat had said at the wedding fair about the buttonholes, but he had no idea how to actually support his friend. Cat was constantly making all the decisions, and Kieran was too worried about starting a row to say anything much about it. Cat was normally fun and lively, but this behaviour was worryingly erratic. Laid-back Kieran had always steadied her, brought her down to earth, he was her perfect counterpoint, but if she was shutting him out, what exactly did that mean?

At the back of Tom’s mind, he worried that if things carried on as they were, and Cat continued to push ahead as she was, she would end up so stressed at the idea of marrying Kieran, she’d jilt him at the altar. He hadn’t voiced these fears to his friend. It would be too much right now and apart from that one episode at the wreath-making, and Nell mentioning that Cat kept changing her mind on the more minor details, nothing else had happened. Now she’d given Brenda a flea in her ear maybe she’d back off. Unfortunately, all this drama had taken the edge off how successful the wreath-making event had been for Holly Lodge. He’d so wanted for everything to start coming together for Nell, but it seemed life liked to throw more obstacles in her way than an episode of Ninja Warrior.

Stepping outside into the cold air, he examined the window display again. It had a lot of height, but it needed framing more. The two tall nutcracker dolls at the sides were doing a good job but it needed a little more. He still had tons of holly as there were more wreath orders to fill and a holly wreath hanging down from the centre would finish it off perfectly.

Back inside, shivering from not wearing his coat, he settled at his workstation to begin. The Christmas music was in full flow now it was the end of November and he and Janie could often be found having a bop and a singsong. Without his permission, Tom’s thoughts ran to Nell. Her dinner with Harry was coming up on Thursday and it weighed on his shoulders. Swimmers flew across his vision, blurring everything before him and a sharp pain shot through his finger.

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