The Firefighter's Cinderella by Sonya Weiss

Author:Sonya Weiss
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Two-Hour Romance Short Reads; Women's Short Stories; Romantic Comedy; Friendship Fiction; General Humorous Fiction; Contemporary Women's Fiction; Contemporary Romance; Fairytale; Retelling; Cinderella; Category Length Romance; Bliss; Clean Romance; Sweet Romance; Small Town Romance; Entangled Publishing; Sonya Weiss; Prince Charming; Wholesome Romance; Close door Romance; Firefighter; Romantic Comedy; Rom Com Romance;
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2022-10-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“You’re giving me your worried look. What’s going on?”

Ivy winced. “That obvious, huh?”

“I know you too well.”

“Since the rehearsal, there’s a lot of talk around town about Rafferty as the new prince.”

“And?” Harper asked, eager to hear the consensus.

“And…rumor has it there’s a lot of awkwardness between the two of you.”

“That’s because he’s new,” Harper said, not liking the dread filling her stomach.

“Right, but the awkwardness needs to be addressed.”

“It’ll take time—”

“You don’t have time,” Ivy reminded. “Not if you want to keep the castle in business.” She took a breath. “Which is why spending time with him away from the castle is a good idea. Get to know him again. Develop a relationship.”

“I don’t know…”

“It’s for the good of everyone.” Ivy sat on Harper’s bed, waiting for her to finish dressing for the dinner at the Bradford’s.

“I’ll have to think about it.”

“What’s to think about?”

“Best case scenario—we become close friends again. Worse case—we end up as bitter exes fighting over custody of the glass slipper.”

Ivy laughed as Harper had intended. “Be serious.”

“I am seriously afraid of even being his friend. There’s this thing between us…”

“Thing?”

Harper searched for the right words. “A weird…vibe.”

“Chemistry?”

“No… Maybe. It’s like the air around us is holding its breath, if that makes sense?”

Ivy smiled. “Definitely chemistry.”

“Fat lot of good it’ll do to have chemistry with him.” Harper arched an eyebrow. “Can you picture Rafferty behind a white picket fence? With a wife? Or kids? Because you know what I want. What I’ve always wanted.”

Ivy pretended to imagine it. “Rafferty as a husband and father… Yeah, no. I see what you mean.”

“Exactly.” She bit her lip. “I’m supposed to go to a burn drill with him. It was a bet,” she clarified. “But…”

Ivy clicked her tongue. “But nothing. You’re going to have to suck it up and deal.”

“Haven’t I always done what’s best for the castle?” Harper didn’t wait for her friend to comment. “I’ll do what I have to even if it means I need to spend every day with Rafferty.”

“The only problem I can see is what if you fall for him?”

“Fall in love with Mr. Daybreak-and-I’m-Gone? I don’t think so,” Harper said firmly then frowned. “The dress doesn’t fit right. It looked okay in the shop, but I’m afraid that it’s—”

“An eleven on a scale of one to ten?” Ivy said, getting up to take Harper by the shoulders and force her to face the floor-length mirror. “Look at you.”

Harper smoothed her hands down the hips of the figure-hugging dress then touched the top. “I don’t know…it’s—”

“It’s perfect. Trust me. You’re going to turn heads.”

Harper frowned. As long as one of them wasn’t Rafferty’s. She turned toward the door. “Let’s go. I hear Barbara’s making those delicious barbecue ribs she made for the barbecue festival last year.”

Ivy groaned. “I knew I should have worn sweatpants. I already know I’m going to eat too much. Maybe I’ll develop stomach pains and need to be examined by hot Dr. Grayson.”

“He’s a pediatric doctor. He sees kids and teens, not a conniving single woman.

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