A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen

Author:Jennifer Yen [Yen, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2021-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

The tension of the bake evaporates the minute Mom, Mrs. Lee, and Chef Anthony exit the room to discuss things. Mothers spill onto the bakeshop floor to reach their sons, some of whom are sagging against their stations. Grace is making a beeline for Ben, while Jeannie turns to me with a sparkle of excitement in her eyes.

“Nathan just texted me. He wants to take me out to dinner!”

“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do,” I tease.

“That’s not a lot to go on, Liza.”

She runs off to call Nathan before I can smack her on the arm. Sarah scoots over and waggles her eyebrows at me before glancing at Ben and James, who are admiring each other’s creations.

“So which one is the hottie who helped you with Brody?”

I point surreptitiously at James. “That one.”

“Whoa,” Sarah says, giving him a once-over. “I can’t believe you’re not into him. He’s so hot, and not just for an Asian guy.”

I grimace. “That sounds really bad, Sarah.”

She shakes her head frantically. “I was only trying to say that he’s really . . .”

“Hot. Yeah, I got that. But you make it sound like Asian guys are not as hot as other guys.”

“I definitely wasn’t trying to say that.” Sarah cocks her head to the side. “I just meant that I’m not usually into Asian guys but—”

I groan. “Stop. You’re making it worse.”

Her face crumples, and she wrings her hands in her lap.

“I’m really terrible at this, aren’t I?” she mumbles. “I never know how to explain myself. Mom calls it verbal diarrhea.”

“First of all, that was a mental picture I didn’t need,” I answer. “Second of all, if you’re not sure you should say something, just don’t. Think about how you’d feel hearing someone say it to you.”

“What do you mean?”

I twist in my chair to face her more fully. “Okay. For example, how would you feel if I told you that someone you like was only hot for a white guy?”

“Well, now that you put it that way . . .” Sarah freezes. “Wait. You do like James! You just admitted it!”

“What are you talking about? I was turning your words around to give you an example.”

“No, not exactly. You added the part about ‘someone you like,’ which implies that you like James.”

My head spins trying to keep up with the abrupt shift in our conversation.

I roll my eyes at her. “You’re missing my point.”

“I’m pretty sure I heard it loud and clear.”

Sarah’s giggling draws attention from those around us, including the guy in question. Luckily, I remember something that gives me the upper hand.

“You’re one to talk. I saw you with Edward earlier.”

Her eyes go wide. “Edward?”

“Yep. You were totally flirting with him.”

“I wasn’t,” she denies, twirling a strand of red hair. “He was just—we were talking, that’s all!”

With every stammer, her voice pitches higher until she reaches frequencies only dogs can hear. I lean in with a smirk.

“Does that mean you think Edward’s hot, and not just for an Asian guy?”

Sarah’s face ripens like a tomato from my teasing.

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