Juniper remembered the tales fondly and smiled.

“I don’t know, possibly the necessity to know he’ll at all times inform the reality, wake me up with midnight kisses?—”

“Facetime me whereas grocery procuring to verify he will get the correct of sweets,” Ivy reduce Juniper off. “I can’t let you know what number of instances Aspen has accomplished that.”

“Know find out how to arrange a candlelight dinner,” Mother added subsequent and the circle got here again to Gran, who slipped one other piece of lasagna on her plate. “How a few man who says nothing after I return for seconds? How’s that for an ideal man?”

“And a person that is aware of precisely what I would like each second of the day.”

Juniper sat again and raised her arms in defeat. “Okay, okay. I get it. So there’s no such factor as an ideal man.”

“Oh I believe there may be, sweetie,” her mother added, chuckling. “An ideal man for you as a result of your coronary heart mentioned so not due to some record. Love doesn’t maintain to borders, guidelines and bullet factors.”

“I believed it did and I virtually missed an opportunity at what I’ve with Aspen.”

Juniper swirled the silky crimson liquid in her glass. “You recognize, the entire time I used to be with Marshall I didn’t even take into consideration my record.”

Hmm. That wasn’t completely true, however she wasn’t about to say she mentally checked off the ‘spanking my ass excellent’ rule.

“He makes me smile, piques my curiosity along with his concepts and approach of viewing the world and if we’d solely met below completely different circumstances.” She let her phrases path off. He might have been the one in one other life.

A heavy weight settled over her coronary heart. Time for her to develop up. Her childhood fantasies of a happily-ever-after in any respect prices had been made for fairytales and would make her what she feared most—being alone.

“Honey,” Gran took her hand, “I need to let you know issues will work out the best way they’re meant to be, however on this case, when it’s the matter of the center, deliberate or unplanned, you don’t actually get a say in it. You’ll see what I imply in time.”

Ivy nodded. “Your sensible gran advised me the identical factor with Aspen someday when she noticed me having chilly toes.”

“I advised him I’d comply with by with the marriage, however…” She drew in a breath and didn’t know if she needed to chortle or cry or each. “I’m afraid it should break my coronary heart if it’s not real love.” She checked out her buddies, her mother, and gran in flip.

Her telephone pinged and he or she let loose a shaky chortle. “Save by the bell, I assume. It’s in all probability Jon.” Gran launched her hand and Juniper flipped her telephone over to learn Marshall’s identify on the display.

Her coronary heart quickened, and her abdomen tumbled over with nerves.

Assembly went positive. Glad you might be dwelling secure and sound. Wishing I used to be there with you.- B

CHAPTER FIVE

The subsequent morning Juniper straightened her borrowed cotton pajama shorts and slipped her toes into matching slippers.

Sunshine peeked by the curtains and the divine odor of espresso carried her to the kitchen, which she discovered empty.

“Thank goodness for programmable espresso pots.”

An evening’s sleep and occasional the following morning did nothing to assist calm her nerves. As a substitute of heading dwelling, she’d taken Ivy up on the provide to sleep over. It will make it simpler to arrange the final particulars for the get together.

Marshall had despatched a message final evening that the funds can be wired to her account tomorrow morning in loads of time to repay the financial institution. She appreciated the gesture of him paying early.

She warmed her fingers together with her mug and stared out over the again deck. Past the kitchen window, glittering shimmers of sunshine performed throughout the calm Pacific waters within the distance.

What if her emotions for Marshall had been tied to what he was doing for her? It wasn’t extraordinary to fall for the knight simply because he saved her. What number of romances had she learn the place the heroine fell for the hero after he swooped in and saved the day?

Yeah, she by no means pictured that to be her, however she couldn’t deny how he made her really feel both.

On the opposite aspect of that coin, whereas her household didn’t decide, what would her shoppers say? How would they discover out? Marshall was excessive society. His life ended up within the New York Occasions as simply because the rag mags. Any variations of the reality had been certain to floor. One was certain to land on one thing that hit near the reality of their marriage being a sham.

She must wait and see on that entrance. If anybody had a beef together with her, she’d take care of it as they got here. Proper now, she didn’t must borrow hassle.

Had she misspoken final evening when sharing her emotions for Marshall together with her household? She couldn’t really feel love for a person she barely knew. Love didn’t work that approach. She was a marriage planner, in any case. Love took time like weddings did. Proper?

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