Because of You by Olivia Miles

Author:Olivia Miles [Miles, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Rosewood Press
Published: 2020-08-24T16:00:00+00:00

8

Maddie stood in her brand-new kitchen, running her hand over the smooth marble counters, and tracing her fingers over the shiny new appliances, thinking how different it looked, just days earlier. Now, complete as requested by Friday, it was exactly as she had envisioned it. It was light, airy, and above all things, functional. It was perfect.

And she almost couldn’t bear the thought of actually putting it to use.

Cole emerged behind her, making her jump, and she turned with a hand on her chest to see him standing in the doorway, giving her a funny look. “Are you just going to stand there gaping at it?”

“It’s amazing, Cole, really,” she breathed.

She thought she saw a little pink rise up in his cheeks, but he averted his gaze and firmed his mouth. “I’ll be starting the installation on the bakery counter today. Might be noisy.”

“I’ll be baking today, so I probably won’t leave the kitchen,” she told him. Tomorrow was the Harvest Fest, and she had pies and mini pies, and muffins and turnovers to crank out before she closed up shop for tonight. She was thankful for once that the Sunday market was cancelled in light of the busy weekend. Usually it was something she looked forward to each week. And despite all the extra work, she didn’t intend to give it up. That orchard was her family business, and she was still a part of that family, even if she had a bakery to run.

She’d find a way.

Somehow.

Cole nodded once before disappearing into the main room, letting the brand-new swing door to the kitchen fall closed behind him. Maddie felt giddy as it did so; she hadn’t even noticed that earlier, when it had been propped open upon her arrival.

Now Maddie stood in the middle of the room, alone, left to completely take it in. Her kitchen. Alls hers. Just the thought of it filled her with a nervous excitement. This was really happening.

Only none of it would really happen if she let the entire town down at the Harvest Fest tomorrow, would it?

Right. It was time to get to work. She had lugged flour and sugar and other dry ingredients over to the bakery throughout the week, carrying as much as her bicycle basket or hands would allow, and she transferred everything from the main room to the kitchen, her last bags being the two she’d carried over today: the butter and cream and other perishables that she now loaded into her beautiful new refrigerator. She took time to organize everything so it would be within easy reach, and she couldn’t wait for her new canisters to arrive so that she would have her main ingredients within easy reach. For now, though, she would have to deal with the large bags she had stacked in her new pantry. Cole had maximized the space by adding a rack on the inside panel of the door.

Another feature she hadn’t asked for, or thought of, but which would be extremely useful.

Should

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