Return to Me (Blue Harbor Book 5) by Olivia Miles

Author:Olivia Miles [Miles, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rosewood Press
Published: 2021-02-15T18:30:00+00:00

8

On Tuesday night, Brooke checked the clock for the tenth time in as many minutes, reluctantly set her sketches for Candy’s wedding gown to the side, smoothed her hair, and slipped into a pale pink blouse and jeans that were far more comfortable than the pencil skirt and heels she’d been wearing for the past eight hours.

Her apartment was coming together, now that her remaining belongings had all been delivered, but she was yet to make it feel like home. The tall windows would benefit from long drapes, and she saw little sense in buying some when she could make her own. A few throw pillows for the bed might help, and, considering that her space was nearly quadruple the size of her New York apartment, she might browse the shops in town for a coffee table and armchair.

Maybe her mother would even be willing to part with a few things from the attic—Brooke wasn’t afraid to tackle a reupholstery project.

She nearly laughed at herself, and she could hear her mother doing the same. As if she didn’t have enough on her plate with getting her business off the ground. She hadn’t sat at her sewing machine since opening the doors, even though she’d hoped to continue to make sample gowns for clients who wanted to purchase something off the rack. But keeping busy kept her mind busy. And the sooner this apartment felt like home, the better.

Maybe it would make her stop thinking of the other place in town that had once been her home.

With a sigh, she grabbed her tote and walked to the café, which took all of five minutes, even if she did practically drag herself there, and stop to look in every single shop window until she met the path down to the lakefront.

She was early, but it beat sitting around the apartment, dreading the thought of an evening with Kyle almost as much as she felt anticipation toward it. Remembering that Maddie’s new bakery was just next door to Firefly Café, she decided to pop in for a cup of coffee beforehand.

Buttercream Bakery was as beautiful as anything she had seen in all her years of living in New York, and she wasn’t shy in telling her cousin so the moment she spotted her.

“You should come in one morning when we’re fully stocked,” Maddie said, pointing to the nearly empty bakery case. “We’re pretty picked over by the dinner hour, but once I have more help, I think we’ll stay open later a few nights a week.”

“Growing as you go then?” It was the same strategy Brooke had for herself, but then, she and Maddie had both learned from the best, hadn’t they? They’d watched their fathers work together to take over the orchard and grow it into what it was today. And Britt was taking it one step further now that she was running operations—a future generation of Conway women, taking the town by its reins.

She smiled at that. It felt good. Comfortable. And no matter what her peers back in Manhattan might say, it felt like an accomplishment.

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