Free Falling For Sakura (Falling For Sakura Trilogy, #1) by Alexia Praks Page A

wouldn’t be back until Friday, so it wouldn’t be that inconvenient. And little Michael would just love to have her around.
    Hm m? What kind of excuse, though? The café is short-handed and they need her help? Yes, that sounded rather good. That meant she’d have to give Katherine, her co-owner of the café, a call and tell her to play along.
    F ifteen minutes later, she was done. Sakura looked at herself in the mirror one last time before heading out.
    “You look amazing,” Mary said. “Mark is so going to like you in that.”
    Sakura admitted she did look rather nice with her hair in big, loose curls, and the pretty lilac cotton and lace dress fit her body to perfection though she thought it showed a bit too much of her skin.
    Mary cocked her head to one side as she studied Sakura’s chest. “I can’t believe I haven’t noticed you have the most ama zing breasts ever. Do you realize most celebrities would kill just to have those? I mean, they have to go under the knife at least three or four times to get them to that perfect.”
    Sakura chuckled. She wasn’t really aware that her breasts were ever perfect. Her mind had always b een too occupied with other interesting things.
    “All right. Time to go down,” Mary said, heading out the door, pulling Sakura along by the hand.
    They both came into the kitchen , and Brenda greeted them with an, “Oh my! You girls look great.”
    “Morning,” Sakura said, giving Brenda a peck on the cheek.
    “Good morning, my sweet girls,” Brenda said, hugging Sakura tightly. Then she moved over to hug Mary. “Don’t you think she looks pretty?”
    Mar y nodded. “Mark,” she whispered.
    Brenda smiled and nodded. “Oh. Of course.”
    “What are you two on about?” Sakura couldn’t help but ask after she’d noted they looked as though they were conspiring about something.
    “Nothing,” Brenda said.
    “Ah, Sakura, Mr. Princeton is looking for you,” Beth said. “Have you had your breakfast yet?”
    “Nope. Thought I’d eat here first before heading out,” she said and poured herself a cup of tea.
    “I’m goin g to phone Peter,” Mary announced.
    Sakura waved to her friend to leave. She knew Mary was missing her fiancé already. It must be nice to be in love, she thought with a smile. She grabbed a scone and began to munch. But maybe not as nice as this delicious scone .
    “I’m hoping to see at least one of my grandchildren getting married soon, you know,” Molly said as she came into the kitchen. Sakura nearly choked on her pastry.
    “Mol ly,” Sakura said. “Good morning. When did you get here?”
    “We stayed the night, naturally,” Molly replied. “Since Dale really wanted that coffee.” She was teasing of course. They had finished very late last night, James and Dale, talking about investments. Hence the elderly couple decided to stay the night rather than drive back into town. She came to hug Sakura and looked at her properly. “My, you do look fine this morning. Are you sure you were unwell last night?”
    Sakura laughed uncomfortably. “Dale wants coffee, does he?” she asked. “I’ll make him one.”
    “Make that two,” Molly replied. “One for me.”
    “ Okay,” Sakura said, heading toward the other side of the kitchen where her fancy coffee machine was already warmed up for the day.
    “Make that four,” Brenda said. “One for me and one for James.”
    Sakura chuckled and began grinding the coffee beans. A few minutes later, four cups of delicious coffee were ready for enjoyment.
    Molly couldn’t help but quickly take a sip of hers, and she sighed in pleasure.
    “So …,” Sakura began. “Tell me which of your grandchildren should get married first.”
    “Someone standing right next to me,” Molly said.
    Sakura pulled a face. “Not likely,” she muttered under her breath.
    “A lit tle bird told me you and Mark are going somewhere.”
    “Mark and I are going nowhere. If we are going somewhere, I will of course inform