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Chapter 11.
Bliss.
Some of my clothes lay on the floor in a pile and my wardrobe door is open. Nothing looks appealing enough to wear and I need to hurry up before Grace gets here because I told her I'm almost done getting ready and I'm still in a t-shirt!
Do I have to wear a dress? And heels? Do I have to look hot? Damn it! I'm not trying to snag a man yet - The one I want won't be there. I just want to be comfortable. My inner musings are interrupted by a knock on the door. She's here already?
As I walk to the front door, I hear her call my name and hard knocks assault my ears. Must she be so loud when it's this late? I open the door and there she is with her hands poised to knock again. I roll my eyes and drag her into my house. "You're noisy." She just smiles wide in reply. I'm about to flick her forehead when I see her outfit.
She's wearing a rose gold halter backless dress that stops mid thigh and
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Bliss. So the boys are drunk... No surprise there! and we decided it was time to go home. Nothing spectacular happened in the club, just usual drunken stuff. You know; Stumbling around, incoherent words and loud singing, Josiah calling me his wife, crying... Yeah! normal stuff. Nessa took Lee home, after much persuasion to leave Josiah with me. There's no way she can handle two drunk men. Grace drove Josiah and I to my house. He'll go back home in the morning. "Want me to stay with you?." Grace offers as we support Josiah up the stairs of my apartment. "Nah. I'm good. He's already sleepy so he won't be any trouble." I huff out in relief when we get to my door. I open it and we gently drop him on the couch and then I follow Grace back out to her car to make sure she's safe. I go back inside when she drives off. I open my door, switch on the l
Cinnamon Author's Note...
if you're seeing this, thank you for giving my book a try. I haven't updated this book since last year and I am truly truly sorry. I was unsure about which direction this book was going but I'm slowly figuring it out and trying to write it in a way I like. The chapters are disorganized, the storyline is not making sense. Everything needs to be rewritten and I'm trying to do that. Very slowly. Too slow. I don't know when I'll update but I just wanted to come on here and explain. I'm not sure anyone cares but I'll do better.
Cinnamon Chapter 1.
Bliss. "Thank you. I'll definitely come by again." The lady says on her way out. Noise from the busy street whooshes in through the open door. "You're welcome. Have a great day." I reply before the door closes. The floor is a mess - littered with hair and plastic packaging. I grab a broom and start sweeping. My stomach rumbles as I finish sweeping. My body requires her sustenance and she will not be denied. I go out to get food from a cute little restaurant down the block. I order to go since I can't leave the salon unattended for too long. I used to have people working with me but those weren't pleasant experiences so I work alone now. The sun feels warm against my skin but not in a sticky sweaty way. It's evening and the little shopping district lights up. People are going in and out of shops or just passing by. But I'm too hungry to take in the beautiful evening scenery, I speedwalk to my sal
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After I let them in, we ate and washed the dishes. Our bellies full and our limbs like rubber, we were sprawled out on both couches in the living room. "Let's watch Ratatouille." Grace says from the single couch.I raise my brows at her. "Because we ate spaghetti?""Yes, indeed." She nods.Beside me, Josiah already has the remote in his grasp and is searching through Disney plus. 'Of course you're eager to watch it. You want to see your crush.' I smirk at him and use my left foot to poke his sides.He twists his body away from me. Wiggly little baby. 'Keep your foot away from me.' He laughs and swats my leg away."I don't have a crush on Colette. I just think she's cool.' He justifies."I didn't say it was Collette though. Did I?" I tease."But I knew that's who you were talking about." He says defensively. I smirk at him."I believe you Jojo. Don't mind Bliss." She coos at him."Thank you. You're such a good friend unlike somebody." He sniffs mischievously."Since I'm such a bad fr
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Bliss. The fluffy feeling from my outing with Jo is still fluttering around my insides. I didn't notice I'd been smiling until Eden pointed it out as I was opening my salon in the morning. After that I realized my cheeks were kind of hurting and then I tried to stop smiling. Yesterday was so fun and my new books! Wow. I sent Jo a thank you message again this morning. He's such a thoughtful person and it doesn't help that he's funny and cute. I feel like I'm on happy floating clouds and thankfully I just finished making someone's hair, so I have some time to talk to Eden about yesterday. Not like she wasn't already bugging me to tell her the details. Lazy Eden already put her part timers in charge of her store and parked her big head in mine. I tell her everything that happened and by the end of it I'm smiling at the memory. She's just staring at me and smiling weirdly. Creep. 'What? Why are y
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