Cassie owns a bakery in London with her best friend Jess. Things go well for two, despite Cassie's past, but what happens when Cassie meets a certain Benedict Cumberbatch in a coffee shop? Will he make her life even better? Will he help her conquer...
Cassie twirled and struck a ridiculous pose in front of her phone, which Amanda was holding up. "How's this one, Kell?" She asked. Kelly's face moved closer on the screen and squinted her eyes. "I like the first one better," she said. "The whole sleeves thing is too...modest."
Amanda laughed, "I agree! Go put back on the first one." Cassie disappeared into the changing room while Amanda chatted with Kelly and Jess ordered some more champagne. "I love how these places give you, not only free champagne, but free chocolates, too!" She gushed.
"That's because we're paying a fortune for a wedding dress and bridesmaids gowns and they would loose profit if we had to pay for drinks and snacks, too," Amanda explained. Kelly whined, "I want to be there to eat free chocolate and illegally drink free champagne."
Both girls laughed. "Oh, Kelly, you sound just like Cass and I when we were your age. Wanting to drink, wanting to party, but being too stuck in our own goody-two-shoes world to actually do it." Kelly grimaced, then thought for a moment. "Yeah," she said, "that's pretty much my life."
Cassie then came back out in the first dress and all three girls nodded enthusiastically. "Yes," Amanda said, "that is the one."
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Jess snapped a few pictures of her, then said, "Ben is going to love this. Not to mention it goes great with our dresses! We definitely won't be outshining you!" Amanda tsk'd and told her, "You can never outshine the bride anyways!"
Kelly added in, "It really is great. I can't wait until it's finally time!" Cassie huffed out a laugh and said, "You and me both, kiddo." She took the flute of champagne that was offered to her and idly sipped at it. A few minutes later, Kelly asked, "By the way, when are you coming down for Thanksgiving?"
Cassie gulped down the drink, then looked to her little sister on the small screen. "Um...I don't think that's happening this year, Kell." She could see the said look in her eyes. "Well, what about Christmas?" She innocently asked.
Again, Cassie gulped down another glass. "Not Christmas, either," she said. "We're doing that with Ben's family again. I'm sorry, Kell, but I'll see you in a couple months anyways." That didn't help the growing sadness in Kelly's face. She was obviously, very upset.
Suddenly, her phone started to ring from a phone call that was coming in. "It's Ben. I'll call you later, okay?" Kelly didn't answer her, but just hung up instead. Cassie sighed and took the phone from Amanda, then answered it.
"Hey, you," she answered. Ben sucked in a sharp breath, then asked, "What are you wearing?" Cassie rolled her eyes with a smile and said, "My wedding dress. I finally picked one!" He laughed down the line and said, "That's great! I wish you could send me a picture. I don't think I can wait so long to see you in it."
"It's two months, Ben." She walked into the dressing room to change as he said, "Still too long. I want to marry you right now already!" Cassie giggled and started to slip out of the dress. "I heard rumpling and moving....are you getting naked?"
She smirked and put him on speaker, but turned down the volume. "Maybe..." She hung up the dress and started to gather her clothes. "Don't tease me, darling," he growled. "Send me a picture. Please?" He knows how she feels about sending pictures. But she does look pretty good in her silky white bra and panties...
Without giving him an answer, she snapped a photo and sent it. "I'm sorry, I know how you feel about sending pictures...holy shit, please tell me you're going to wear that on our wedding night." She giggled and internally praised herself.
"Only if you'll be a good boy," she teased. She started to put on her pants, but then thought of something even better. "So, I was thinking," he said as she followed through with her plan, "when I get back, we should go around to mum and dad's and see how the wedding planning is coming along. I imagine things will be done soo--oo--oh my god."
Cassie snickered and put her underwear back on, then started getting fully dressed. "You...are so wet. Fucking hell, why are you so wet? God, I just want to lap it all up." Well, that image certainly ruined her underwear. "Get home and it's all yours," she told him.
"Oh, my sweet girl, it's always been mine and you will be reminded of that as soon as I walk in the door," he purred. And thankfully, that will be in a few short weeks. "Goodbye, Ben. I'll talk to you later." He whined a bit, then said, "Fine. Bye. But I'm using these pictures tonight."
After they had hung up, Cassie went ahead and paid for the dress, while Amanda and Jess paid for the bridesmaids dresses. "I hope we got the right size for everyone," Jess said. "I will not be the one taking them back if we didn't because it's they're fault they had a life."
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"This all looks really great mum," Ben said with a slight chuckle as looked over Wanda's wedding plan scrapbook that she somehow had all the time in the world to make. "Just remember it has to be our price range, so I hope you didn't go to far."
Tim came out with tea and said, "Oh, we went further than far, lad! Our only son is getting married and married once. We want to do all we can to help out." Ben took Cassie's hand as they both looked up from the scrapbook and to the parents.
"Oh, dad, please tell me you didn't," Ben begged. Tim nodded and said, "Yes we did! We already put down the payment for the big day!" Cassie's jaw dropped and Ben face palmed. "Wanda, Tim," Cassie started, "that's very thoughtful, but Ben and I were just going to--."
"We are fully aware of what you two were up to, my dear," Wanda softly interrupted. "But Tim and I have decided to pay for it in full, as parents should. You're not supposed to worry about anything but making sure your dress and tux are in top shape and that you're vows are perfect, certainly not about money."
Ben and Cassie both smiled warmly at them. "Thank you," Ben told them. "Really, you two are truly the best." Cassie stood up and hugged both Wanda and Tim as Ben sat and watched with a small smile. He got up next and hugged them, as well.
"Oh, but there's one more thing you do have to worry about," Wanda added seriously. Ben looked at her curiously and asked, "What's that?" She pointed at him and said, "Giving me some grandchildren and quick!"
