Honey Buns: An Opposites Attract Romance by Cat Johnson

Author:Cat Johnson [Johnson, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cat Johnson
Published: 2020-04-28T06:00:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

Bethany

“I don’t like the idea of you there in the bakery alone all night long,” Red said.

Did she not realize that some nights I worked until near midnight baking for a big order? And many days I was in the bakery by five or six in the morning. What difference did it make if, for tonight, I was here for the hours in between as well?

“You’re in your shop,” I pointed out.

“But I have Cash here with me. And Stone and Harper are right across the street at Agnes’s. You’re all alone there.”

“I’ll be fine. Seriously. What could happen? I’m literally like a block away from you.”

“I know but—”

“Red. Stop. I’ll be fine. I just want to keep an eye on the water level and make sure the pump starts.”

“What are you going to do there all night long?” she asked.

It was a good question. One I’d considered myself.

There was little else to occupy me unless I decided to squint at my cell and hope the signal was strong enough I could stream something.

I could bake. I was in the bakery after all.

But if the electric went out, which it might do during the storm, the ovens wouldn’t work. The refrigeration either and then anything I made could spoil.

I could sleep, but there was really nowhere comfortable enough for that.

My gaze hit on the stack of letters sitting beneath the register. Guilt had me carrying them back and forth with me between home and work while actually thinking I would get a chance to read them when I wasn’t busy.

That hadn’t happened but tonight might be the perfect time to finally read Rose’s letters. It would give me something to do. And here, alone, it wouldn’t matter if I did end up sobbing my eyes out over her century-old love story.

“I think I’m going to dive into Rose’s love letters,” I told Red.

“Aw, now see, I’m jealous.”

She always said that, every time I mentioned the letters. Yet she kept telling me no when I offered to give them to her.

I let out a huff. “You’re ridiculous. Go snuggle with that man of yours and you’ll forget all about how jealous you are that all I have are a dead woman’s love letters keeping me company.”

“All right. I guess so. Though I plan on doing more than snuggling,” she hinted.

“In the store?” I asked.

“Oh yeah. It’s extra fun. And that table where I have the sweaters displayed—”

“Stop. Oh em gee. Red, I really don’t want to think your naked butt was once on top of a sweater I bought.”

“We move the sweaters first, silly.”

I envisioned my best friend and Cashel Morgan doing the nasty on the second floor of her store amid the mannequins and cringed. I had to look Cash and his parents in the eye every time I saw them and I didn’t need that image in my head as I did.

“Nope. Still too much information.” I shook my head. She giggled and I’d had enough. “Goodbye, Red. Talk to you later.

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