Page 72 of Deadly Misfortunes

Sascha called him then. “After you finish your fittings and have your drink with the boys, we need to meet to decide on a wedding cake.”

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After Gregory and the guys had picked out their tuxes, they had a drink at a pub. Once they were finished, he called Sascha. “I’m ready to try some cake.”

“Great. Meet me at Cake Creations. I’ll see you in a few minutes.”

He wondered what else he needed to do for the wedding. Though Sascha seemed to be handling everything perfectly. With Nick, Gregory drove over to the cake shop, and bodyguard Henry and Sascha pulled in right after that.

He gave her a hug, and she kissed him fervently, like she’d missed him for longer than a couple of hours. “I didn’t think I could miss you this much since we were just together, but when it comes to you, I can’t help myself.”

He smiled. “I feel the same way about you.”

“So when we’re married, you don’t have any trouble with me going to high-class parties to do readings, dance, and do the shows on weekends when I have them scheduled.”

“I will support you in whatever you want to do. And you can put on your programs at the house anytime you want.” He wrapped his arm around her waist. Nick hurried to get the door for them, while Henry followed them into the sweet confectionery shop.

Not only did the owner make wedding cakes, but the shop was also filled with cupcakes, birthday cakes, and pies.

“Thanks, Gregory. I should have talked to you about doing my shows before this.”

“That’s one reason I was attracted to you.”

Sascha spoke to the owner of the shop, “Hi, I’m Sascha, and I called about trying different kinds of cakes for our wedding.”

“Come, sit down here and I’ll bring out cake samples for you to try. And I’ve worked up some AI designs for you to consider. See if any of these will work for you.”

The sweet confectionery shop owner brought out a tray of miniature cakes—strawberry, Swiss chocolate, orange-flavored, and vanilla.

All of them had sugar-white icing. Then she brought out a couple of sample slices of cake with light chocolate icing, if they wanted to go that route.

“I think I like the one with the overall white frosting,” Sascha said.

Gregory took another bite of the chocolate cake. “I agree. And I love the Swiss chocolate cake if that’s all right with you, Sascha. Or half of the cake could be white for guests who might not be able to tolerate chocolate.”

“I love the idea.” She loved both kinds of cake.

Then Marsha brought out pictures of cakes that featured a gypsy-kind of style. One had white gypsy roses and small baby's breath flowers, all edible. Sascha smiled at the picture, like she really liked that one.

Another had sugar lace dripping from the bottom half of the cake, flowers on top. That one was beautiful too.

Three featured castles on top. That seemed to be a gypsy theme. He didn’t know that gypsy cakes were really a thing.

One had seashells, which were really pretty, but suited a beach wedding instead.

Some had colorful roses; others were white. As much as Sascha loved colorful things, he wasn’t sure which she would prefer.

“A mix of colors on the flowers that match my bridesmaids and my wedding gown,” Sascha said. “I love that first cake with the gypsy roses and baby’s breath flowers. I would like the couple who are hugging and kissing. And at their feet, a crystal ball of a kaleidoscope of colors.” She looked up from the cake photos and smiled at Gregory. “Will that work for you?”

“Sounds great, honey.”

“Okay, well, that’s it then.” She told her when they needed the cake.

Then she left with Gregory, Henry coming with them while Nick followed in the other car.

“So what do you want? A sit-down dinner or banquet for the wedding?” Sascha asked Gregory.

“Sit down, for our older guests and for Kat, since she’s pregnant. I thought we could have a couple of choices of beef, seafood, poultry, and vegetarian that guests could preorder.”