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What In the fresh hell Was that?
Chapter Two
HONEY, IS THAT YOUR third cup of coffee?” Brooke Baldwin asked Heather’s friend and colleague gave her a curious look
Heather let out a snort “Try fifth,” she said sourly, topping off her cup fro Belles always put out for the various vendors on wedding days Caffeine didn’t necessarilyeasy, but it certainly helped
“Okay, well at least eat so to soak up all the caffeine,” her friend said, plucking ait and a napkin to Heather
“I’ her coffee cup to her lips and turning to watch with a critical eye as solittery fall leaves on the table with less care than Heather would have liked
The muffin reappeared in front of Heather’s face “Coh, then I definitely don’t want it,” Heather said, theher of the reason she was on her fifth cup of coffee The adolescent-brained nutcase in 4A
“What do you have against bananas?” Brooke asked, taking a huge bite of the rejected muffin
Heather liked that about Brooke—the way she ate whatever she wanted to eat, no apologies Chocolate, cupcakes, banana aoing into Brooke’s body that resulted in the constant output of sweetness She doubted it though Heather was no stranger to chocolate herself, and she had a serious weakness for ice creah her veins
Brooke Baldwin though—she was good people Brooke was the newest member of the Belles She’d moved from California to New York this past January to escape a doozy of an ex-fiancé, and Alexis, the owner of the Belles, had snapped her up to join the team
If Heather was all-the-way honest with herself, and she usually was, she’d been a tiny bit resentful when her boss told her that they were hiring a needding planner rather than proh
Brooke had co planner, as Heather had It had stung, a tad, knowing that Heather had put in two years of her life with the Belles and had been outranked by a newco at Brooke’s portfolio, she knew that the woman had deserved absolutely every bit of the full title Not only had she started her own coood
It helped that Heather and Brooke had hit it off almost immediately, and it was hard to hate someone as nice and decent as Brooke Case in point, Brooke had ed to land the hottest, richest bachelor in the city within just a fewSeth Tyler had hired the Belles to plan his sister’s wedding, and Brooke had been given the plu didn’t happen once it turned out the sister’s fiancé wasn’t quite who she thought he was It hadn’t od had fallen hard and fast for Brooke’s sunny California girl chareously renovated old building, coh to fit a fahbor
Heather would be seriously hating Brooke right about now if the gorgeous blonde wasn’t such a good friend
“How about I go buy you a breakfast sandith some protein?” Brooke said around another bite of ry
“Nah, I’ll go get it,” Heather said distractedly as she noted that soold chair bows looked a little crooked and reached out to fix one
“No way,” Brooke said, washing down herI’ll get the dang sandwich”
Heather glanced at her in surprise “This is your and Alexis’s gig, too We agreed all three of us would tag team this one, since it was last-minute and you were overbooked”