She might inform by the tightness in his jaw and the broad flex of his shoulders he didn’t take her phrases too kindly. She stole a fast look and positive sufficient, his eyes had been hooded and the masks of the CEO had firmly slipped into place as soon as once more.

One other ding.

He gestured for Priscilla to take a stool.

He yanked open a kitchen cupboard and didn’t waste time in handing over a mug. “I informed your father I might be by later within the day. Is there one thing flawed?”

“Daddy despatched me over very first thing this morning. He’s prolonged an invite to dinner this night. Simply the three of us.”

Juniper’s gaze darted between the 2. Marshall didn’t take a look at all blissful, Priscilla had the look of a fox able to pounce, and Juniper couldn’t do something however look on. Moreover, Marshall was a grown man and will deal with somebody like her. On high of all that, Pricilla was proper, Juniper was the employed assist all the best way to the top.

Juniper stepped again a number of paces for some privateness and thumbed via the a number of messages.

Mayday. Lacking: the place is your blue binder along with your recipes and menu? Any clues could be good.

She thumbed out a reply to Callie.

One fireplace adverted.

One other ping. Callie once more:

Costume doesn’t match.

After which one other got here on this time with an image of a small signal outdoors of Banners’ wedding ceremony store that learn: Why go to Juniper when Banners is best!

That took the air proper out of her. Why that underhanded, venomous, snidely—What a nasty factor to say not to mention put in print! Her fingers tightened round her telephone. Settle down, Juniper. She couldn’t afford to lose her mood.

Subsequent message, this one from Gran.

Attire arrived. Callie’s doesn’t match and mine makes me appear to be a hooker. Unhappy face.

Juniper texted again.

On my manner residence right now. I’ll get it mounted.

She’d been scheduled to reach residence tomorrow and go straight to Jon’s resorts and oversee the adorning for a number of hours earlier than heading out to Gran’s get together. assuming he stated sure. If she might seize a few minutes to herself, possibly she might nail down a response from Jon via electronic mail quite than a prolonged telephone name. She pulled up his electronic mail and punched out a fast observe. Hopefully, he would see it in time. Being in Switzerland overseeing one in all his lodges, she doubted he would get to it throughout the subsequent few hours. Possibly dodging his name this morning hadn’t been the perfect thought in any case. She pinged his instantaneous messages too simply to cowl all bases. Possibly she might name him in-flight.

She switched gears and turned again to the fires that had been blowing up her telephone.

One other message this time from Callie.

Banker visited. Wished to know if all the things was okay. I reassured him. Hope that was okay.

Subsequent firebomb got here from Gran, and Juniper cringed.

Neglect my gown. Ivy’s pup ate it. Hooker angle is now not an issue, I suppose. Sorry! Your mother is anxious. Textual content her if you get a min.

Why couldn’t she get good messages like, ‘all the things is nice, Jun? Nothing to fret about.’ That will be a pleasant change of tempo for positive.

Huddled over the kitchen counter Priscilla spoke low and Marshall seemed extra irritated by the minute whereas Juniper had a mini panic assault attempting to wrap her head across the chaos taking place again residence.

Absorbed within the spiraling occasions, Juniper nonetheless managed to listen to Marshall’s subsequent phrases.

“I’ll go, provided that Juniper accompanies me as my fiancée. Then your father and I can shut our deal and we’ll be achieved earlier than my wedding ceremony.”

Shock drew Juniper’s gaze to him then over to Priscilla, who didn’t look all that blissful together with her pinched brows.

“Talking of, Father has a proposition, one I’m positive Juniper would love to listen to. She’ll be off the hook in marrying you and again to doing what she does finest.”

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