Can't Help Falling: A Cozy Sapphic Fake Dating Romance Novel by Daphne Salomons

Author:Daphne Salomons [Salomons, Daphne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little Fox Publishing
Published: 2024-10-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

A new storm had hit the little village of Tillworth – rumours of a ball. It made the streets flock with surrounding neighbours, all curious to see if Orchard House would be hosting it. Mrs Rosamund Hayman was in the know, but would never tell a soul.

After learning of Simon’s true identity, Ryan had formed a plan to ambush him the next morning and have Presley meet them at Deerhurst House.

“You’re playing a losing game,” Melissa warned as she left Little Bookshop. “I’ve been trying to get that boy to clean up Deerhurst House since it became obvious he didn’t care much for it.”

His parents, Lord and Lady Barrington, had left it behind to move to Cornwall and trusted their oldest son to keep it up, but Simon had always been a bit of a black sheep when it came to his ‘duty’. He would very much rather try to sell his wooden owls at the corner of the road than keep up a grand house.

Which was why Holly tried to talk Ryan out of ambushing him in the morning and instead to just gently give him the idea to open the doors.

“You’ve got to warm him up,” she said, “He only opened up the house for me because I had been showering him with compliments about his woodworks in the weeks leading up to it.”

“I bet he loves getting compliments about his woodworks,” Ryan commented with a raised eyebrow. She seemed not to be swayed, determined to see the insides of the house the next day. Deep down Holly had kind of hoped to show Ryan around Deerhurst House herself rather than babysitting a hyperactive influencer. Either way, knowing Ryan had her eyes set on a goal, Holly wasn’t much of an obstacle in her way.

As the sun set over the hill, the charming autumnal village was getting a bit darker and all of the tourists (tourists!) realised they had to walk back to wherever Melissa had told them to park their cars, though a few remained to have dinner at the pub.

The pub, of course, was already packed with the villagers themselves, buzzing at the realisation that they had got what they had craved for many decades – customers.

Mrs Clifton had told Holly happily that people said they were going to recommend her tearoom on an English Countryside blog that travelled across the whole of England finding the best places to have a little break.

Joseph had only popped up to their table to ask Melissa if a couple was allowed to drive their car onto the square to load in a coffee table they had bought from him, and then, after getting permission, promptly sprinted away to help them.

Tom, the pub landlord, had been tapping so many beers that he actually had to resort to the bottle stock as he couldn’t switch the canisters with it being so busy.

After telling Holly her plan one more time at the table, Ryan eyed the busy bar and said she was going to try and place an order for their food, leaving Holly alone at the table.

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