Semua Bab To Love Again: Bab 91 - Bab 100

LoveBites.That's what I'd decided to call the bakery.In the last few months, if there was anything that had put me at ease, it was the love that I was surrounded by. Love from Chloe and Sam who were now my only family, love from Jordan who was slowly becoming the center of my world, love from his entire family, and very importantly, the love I had experienced in the hospital waiting room as Lillian fought to bring baby Alexander to life only a few days ago.I wanted it to be a place that felt like home. I wanted people to come in and feel like what they were eating had been made with love. I wanted customers of the catering service to feel like their event had been catered to with skillful, efficient hands, and a heart full of love. I wanted every bite to taste like love. So love bites. LoveBites.Chloe and I had done a little happy dance when I told her I'd decided on a name, and went on to give her this same explanation. And then being typical Chloe, she went in and came out with

Jordan's POVI didn’t even wait for Marissa to get all the way into the building before pulling away from the curb.I couldn’t.Not when every muscle in my body was screaming, and the tightness in my chest made it feel like something was squeezing the life out of me, inch by inch.Fuck! What was going on? I hadn't felt this terrible since the early days when I hadn't known what the problem was. Now, I used my medications. In fact I'd become more consistent with it, so what the hell going on.I drove straight to the doctor’s office. I didn’t call ahead. I didn't need to. I was Jordan Kingston. They would attend to me.When I pushed through the glass doors, a couple of heads turned. One of the nurses at the front desk started to say something, maybe to tell me to wait or book an appointment, but when she saw my face, she thought better of it. She just nodded. He was in his office.I didn’t slow down.I found the doctor in his office, packing up some papers into a leather satchel. It loo

LoveBites was coming together.My heart could barely contain the excitement and fear all tangled up inside me. The day of the launch was near and suddenly, it felt like there was so much to do.Layla was in and out of the house constantly. I knew right from the start that she was planning big, but as the day Drew closer, I realized just how big she was thinking. It was okay she was dropping off decorations and running luxury menus by me, but she was talking about having invited major influencers.I stood my ground on the food. I wasn't going to order the food or employ someone to take care of it. I had to do it by myself. I was introducing the guests to LoveBites after all. What sense did it make that they were coming to the opening of a catering service and bakery and were eating food from another establishment?Chloe found me my first staff. She'd come home from work one day, and told me she'd found me the perfect staff. I didn't give it much thought at first, but then she told me t

My eyes widened in panic. The chandelier came crashing down and then it didn't.A pair of arms slammed into me from the side, knocking me off the small podium just as the chandelier exploded against the podium where I had been standing seconds ago with a sharp, sickening smash, the sound echoing in my ears like a scream.I hit the ground hard, my body cushioned by another.Jordan’s breath was ragged against my neck as he held me down, shielding me from the fallout.Shards of glass rained around us, scattering across the ground right next to us, some of the shards piercing our skins. For a moment, all I could hear was the ringing in my ears and the distant scream of someone calling my name.Jordan sat up first, his eyes scanning me frantically. “Are you okay? Marissa, are you okay?”I nodded, even though my body trembled like a leaf in a storm “I… I think I’m okay,” I stammered, still trembling. “You… what… how…?”He helped me to my feet and pulled me close. “We need to get out of here

Jordan dropped me off at home at a little past noon. When we pulled up to the house, Chloe was already waiting at the door. As soon as I stepped out, she rushed toward me, wrapping me in a tight embrace.“Everything’s going to be fine,” she whispered, her voice steady. “We’ve got each other.”I clung to her, feeling a weight being lifted off my shoulder. The scent of the lavender shampoo that we both shared filled my nostrils and for a brief moment, replaced the acrid smell of smoke that had plagued me since last night. Now, having Chloe hold me like this after such a chaotic night served as a reminder that amidst the chaos, some things remained constant. Like friendship. And family.Jordan was at my side by the time that Chloe broke off the embrace.“You're sure you'll be okay?" He asked, gently."Yea, of course. What am I, like an egg?” I asked and managed a small smile. “Plus, I've got Chloe. I'm absolutely fine, Jordan. You can go.”“Okay." He said, nodding.He reached out and bru