Seized by Love (Love in Bloom: The Ryders, Book 1): Blue Ryder

Author:Melissa Foster [Foster, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: World Literary Press
Published: 2015-10-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

LIZZIE CHECKED HER cell phone for the millionth time. She hadn’t heard from Blue all day. He hadn’t responded to the text she’d sent in the morning apologizing for hurting him, and she was left to think the worst. Not that she thought he would reach out to her, but that didn’t stop her from jumping every time her cell phone rang or vibrated with a text—and it didn’t stop her heart from shattering with every disappointment. She closed her shop at seven to prepare for the string garden class that she wished she could cancel, but she wasn’t about to let down the three people who had signed up for it. It wasn’t their fault she’d messed up her life.

She fired up her computer to check the email she hadn’t taken the time to check last night. If she didn’t check the Naked Baker emails often, they became too overwhelming to face. Not that she wanted to face them now. Even thinking about the program made her want to quit doing it. And that was a thought Maddy couldn’t afford for her to have. Her eyes trailed down the list of senders. She froze when Sky knocked on the front door. She’d been avoiding Sky all day, knowing that her friend would see right through the mask of pleasantries she’d gotten away with in front of customers.

Hoping she’d go away, she returned her attention to the computer screen, as if she hadn’t heard Sky knocking.

Sky knocked again. “Lizzie! Open the door!”

She reluctantly headed for the door, contemplating ways to get her friend to go away without being rude. She was afraid to talk with Sky for too long, knowing she’d likely break down and tell her the whole sordid mess. She had a class to run, and the last thing she needed was to do it with tears in her eyes. Plus, she knew how close Sky and Blue were, and if he’d already told Sky what had happened, then she’d have to deal with that, too.

She unlocked the door and immediately averted her gaze from Sky’s to keep Sky from reading the emotions in her eyes.

“I’ve been trying to catch up with you all day,” Sky complained. “You haven’t answered my texts, and when I saw you walking back from the bakery, you must not have heard me calling you.”

“I’m sorry.” Lizzie headed back to her computer and focused on her email. “I’ve just been really swamped today.” Sidetracked by a broken heart. She sifted through emails, and one caught her eye from the Food Channel Network, a cable television station. She clicked on it and skimmed the message, which asked for information about the legal owner of the show. Sky leaned uncomfortably close to the computer, and Lizzie closed the laptop, making a mental note to revisit the email after teaching her class.

“I was wondering if you and Blue wanted to join us for a barbecue over at Pete’s tonight.”

At least she had a good excuse not to go.

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