Page 129 of Unrivaled Love
“How much money do they expect to make from fucking plants?” Duncan yells at the screen.
“Why couldn’t she suggest another loan?” Crosby asks and he’s definitely crying.
“Sometimes you have to do the hard thing.” I tell them. But yeah, shutting down his family’s business is kinda cruel.
“We’ve got two more commercial breaks before it’s over.” Aiden tells us. “Harper watches these all the time. It’ll be fine.”
“How do you know?” Crosby asks, distressed.
“Because, there’s always a third act break up and then they get back together. Happily Ever After is merrily guaranteed in these movies.” Aiden says.
“Shhh, it’s back on.” Felix says from the bed behind me.
Sure enough we watch as the girl uncovers an income source by making the farm double as a wedding venue and they finally kiss under the pines.
The next movie starts before a commercial break so we get sucked right into the high-end pastry chef coming back to her hometown for the cookie exchange fundraiser.
“It’s the same actress!” Crosby yells as the third movie starts hours later. This one is calledSnowed In With My Exand it promises to be a slightly more palatable story thanA Gingerbread Kind of Lovewas.
But sure enough, the frazzled, workaholic on screen is the same pastry chef fromGingerbreadand Olivia, the big-city consultant out to get the small town Christmas tree and mistletoe farm owner inMistletoe Merger.
“She must make three of these a year.” Duncan says as he settles in with the snacks he went out to collect from the little shop in the lobby.
“She definitely has the role of overwhelmed and driven woman down though.” Emmett says.
Huh.
All the characters have been high-strung, no-nonsense women.
And the men she ends up with helps her realize relationships can help her, not hold her back. In the first movie she nearly knocked the farmer down trying to carry a christmas tree and he cut the tension by laughing. The pastry chef sabotages her rival with a cup of cinnamon in his dough and together they evacuate the kitchen as they cough and laugh to clear the debris.
We haven’t gotten to the moment yet inSnowed Inbut I bet he challenges her to a funny contest or burns dinner to a crisp and they have to eat candy canes instead.
The role of the guy in these movies is to counter her serious nature with levity and love.
That, I can fucking do!
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Are you responsible for the ice cream delivery my teammates keep thanking me for?
Absolutely I am. Sent some to Larry too.
Why?
Because Larry works hard and deserves a sweet treat surprise as much as anyone.
No, why send it to my team and say it’s from me?
Points.
Points?
Yeah like goodwill points.
You’re trying to buy me friends?
