Your name is Sadie Clementine Haskell, you have red hair and hazel eyes and you're 22 years old. You're an up and coming pastry chef in one of NYC's hottest restaurants -Marc Forgione. You have graduated at the top of your class at Le Cordon Bleu in France and nothing has ever gotten in the way of your dream to become a world wide known name in the pastry circuit. Not family, not friends and most certainly not love. You have no time for any of those as they're all distractions towards your life goal.
One night while you're at work your head chef tells you that a patron wishes to speak to you out in the dining room. You tell him you're too busy, but he insists you go out and speak to this customer as it is very urgent. You sigh and throw your apron to him before walking out of the kitchen and over to a table where you see one of the most attractive looking men you have ever seen. He has blue eyes and blond hair and is dressed to the nines in designer fashion. You do not recognize him and figure they are some prissy rich heir. As you walk over, a forced pleasant smile on your face the last thing you expect is the cockiest of grins on his face before he point blank informs you of just how terrible he thinks your dessert is.
You're stunned. No one has ever spoken to you like this or challenged your cooking skills. You retort back and cause a scene in front of the whole room, demanding that they take back their comment and who did they even think they were to insult you in such a way! He simply smiles vivaciously and informs you that he is Fletcher Deacon Guerin. You're stunned, he's the newest food critic for the New York Times. You demand that they try something else; that this must have been a fluke. He only laughs and walk out. You're infuriated and storm back into the kitchen.
Once you get home you research more about Fletcher Deacon Guerin and find out everything he loves and hates, and it turns out the fennel panna cotta would have never worked, as the critic despises anise. You also find out that he is one of the cities hottest bachelor, and he is 23 years old. You work tirelessly for hours to create three perfect desserts based on his favorite flavors - peach, Bavarian creme and dark Colombian chocolate. You use all your contacts and find out where he lives, and at three am that very same night you show up at their apartment.
You knock on his door until he answers and make your demand - that they try your new desserts before they send in their review of your restaurant. At first he is reluctant, but he notices the spark in your eyes and lets you in. You watch him devour your desserts in silence before he asks you to leave. You ask what he thought, but he refuses to tell you and say that you will find out in next week's paper. You go home feeling worried.
You spend the next week on edge - worried about the paper, but also thankful your boss did not fire you for your altercation in the dining room. When the day finally comes you come into work and are greeted with applause and a giant mash of hugs from your colleagues. The review was spectacular and the highlight of it your desserts. Fletcher goes into detail after detail and you get flustered as you read the copy of the paper shoved into your hand - you feel your heart flutter and your knees go weak. You only come back to the world when you're told you have a phone call for you and its from Fletcher!
You pick up and they do the one thing you never expected them to do... Ask you out on a date! You're stunned into silence for a few moments, but you do say yes and agree to meet him at his apartment on your next day off. Suddenly, the prospect of love does not seem so frivolous after all.
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You have been seeing Fletcher for only a year, but it has been a whirlwind romance from your very first date! On said date he showed up toMarc Forgione to pick you up from work and he even brought you Belgian chocolates. From there he took you out to do a very upscale date. You and Fletcher took a private pastry lesson with Johnny Iuzzini, and you had a fantastic time. You had so much in common - besides your mutual passion for food, you both love collecting vintage vinyl rock albums, love to travel, and you both are avid readers. particularly of fantasy and science fiction . After your date he takes you for a walk through Central Park and the two of you discuss your desires, hopes and dreams together including his love of writing and food and your own wish to one day open your own restaurant one day. The next thing you notice and the sun is coming up, you two have spent all night out in the park just talking. Since then you take every one of your days off and spend it with Fletcher. As much as you have worried in the past that having a relationship might do damage to your career you find that since you started seeing Fletcher your palate had become better and you're working harder than before to strive for your dreams because now you have someone to share it with and that someone appreciates your drive and passion.
Your relationship moves fast in that first year and you honestly have no idea how you have lived your life without Fletcher as a part of it. On the morning of your one year anniversary, Fletcher wakes you up with breakfast in bed featuring the three flavors of the desserts you fed to him the night you first met - peach, Bavarian creme and Colombian dark chocolate. Then you notice a box on the breakfast tray and open it up to to reveal an engagement ring! It is a beautiful unique engagement ring. You say yes without any hesitation and cannot believe how excited you are to be engaged to Fletcher. However your realize you have so much to do! It takes you and Fletcher a whole year in and of itself to plan the wedding, but by the time it's done you know it is perfect, the wedding you have always dreamed of.
We've been so busy picking the theme and colors and choosing all the goes into a wedding but we think we may finally have it down, even if it is a little mismatched since everyone wanted something different! I had my dress picked out from the minute he proposed, a beautiful vintage wedding dress. Fletcher wanted a peach, sage, and medium green color theme and we wanted tulips for the flower arrangements! Fletcher picks out the most handsome penguin suit. The bridesmaids had the most beautiful peach dresses and the Groomsmen looked dashing in grey vest suits with peach ties. We all wanted the wedding to be a large affair at my restaurant, Marc Forgione, the place where we met. I knew that there was no way that anyone, but myself was going to make my wedding cake and so I worked tirelessly on it until I had a wonderful elegant wedding cake.
Finally the day came and Fletcher and I were married! My head chef - Marc Forgione - insisted he cook the meal for us and it was spectacular and was focused on peach, Barvarian creme, and Columbian dark chocolate. The meal was divine! My father walked me down the aisle and Fletcher's best man even cried as we said our vows! The guests were surprised at how the wedding turned out with so many different styles but everyone agreed that it fit perfectly! There were lots of pictures taken! As the day came to a close we all went to take a well deserved rest.
The very next day, Fletcher and I left on our honeymoon to Santorini, Greece. We spent two weeks having a blast! We indulged in fresh local shellfish, relaxed on Kamari Beach, and explored the ruins at Akrotiri.
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It has been two years since you and Fletcher married and went off on your extravagant honeymoon together. You have been living together in his apartment ever since your return back into the city, but recently the two of you have been considering moving out of the city and onto Long Island so that you could start a family there. You know this means both you and Fletcher will need to commute to work from now on, but both of you want your future children to grow up with a backyard and in a community instead of in a city like Fletcher had and did not enjoy.
You two visit some different areas on the island and finally decided on Syssoset. You both take some more time and absolutely fall in love with one home, a modern mansion, it is gorgeous and more reasons you and Fletcher love it because it includes a well-lit library to keep your extensive book collection, a master bath with jacuzzi garden tub, plenty of outside space with trees to climb, and of course a large luxury kitchen. It is a little our of your price range, but you and Fletcher decide that it is a worthy investment. Fletcher and yourself made a bid and it is accepted the next day, it turns out that the previous owners are going through a divorce and want to get everything settled quickly, so within a month you and Fletcher are able to purchase the home and even move into it!
Now, that you have a home of your own and not an apartment, both you and Fletcher have always wanted pets and decide that now is the time to make a move on it and get a pet! You both settle on a dog, but there is one problem. You cannot agree on a breed! You would like a Standard Poodle and Fletcher would like a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. You both try and make a choice, convince your spouse as they try to convince you that your pick is better. Finally, you both come to unanimous agreement - you'll get both!
It takes you another month to find a reputable breeder for each breed, but the good thing is they have only a medium sized waiting list, but each are currently expecting half a dozen litters in the next two months and they should just be able to fill the waiting list and have two or three puppies available still meaning you can get one despite the short notice. The time comes sooner rather than later and your puppies are born only three days apart and you end up with little ones of the same gender - two handsome boys. You decide to name them in a matching theme - astronomical names. You both are so excited and spend most of your time when you're not at work playing or coddling Altair and Orion.
It's a good thing that you both got Altair and Orion, because they've been great experience! So much so that you and Fletcher decide to maybe its time to have your first baby. You begin to try to conceive a baby. It takes six months, but you finally get pregnant, and you and Fletcher could not be more thrilled! The pregnancy is relatively uncomplicated, but you do experience some cravings that affect your work at the restaurant. You start craving mint, and mint seems to end up in all of your new desserts. If you can't eat it, at least you can smell it! As the pregnancy progresses, you and Fletcher find out that you're expecting a baby girl! After you and Fletcher spend weeks setting up the perfect nursery- a pretty purple nursery- for your little one and it looks absolutely stunning.
The time finally arrives and your baby is born. You go into labor around 10:00 at night. The labor lasts throughout the whole night, and your baby girl is born shortly before 7:00 am, just as the sun is coming up. As the new day dawns, so to does a new chapter in your life- parenthood.
Your baby is perfect with ten fingers and ten toes and healthy as a horse. You cannot believe that you and Fletcher are going to have such an amazing little person in your life. She's the cutest baby in the world -not that you're biased or anything, and she has red hair and blue eyes. You and Fletcher have had a lot of time to think about it and decide to give the baby the first name Kelly, after Haskell, your maiden name. You and Fletcher had a much harder time picking a middle name for your little one - Fletcher wanted to name them after a famous writer, but you wanted to name them for a famous chef. In the end, you two decided to give your baby two middle names, double the honor and inspiration. Her full name ends up being Kelly Austen Julia Guerin. As soon as you look at your baby, you know that this is the name for her. You and Fletcher are absolutely in love with your little one.
Our New Home
Baby Kelly
Altair
Orion
The Guerin Family
DW: Sadie Clementine Haskell-Guerin [25]- pastry chef at Marc Forgione
DH: Fletcher Deacon Guerin [26]- New York Times food critic
DD: Kelly Austen Julia Guerin [0]
Orion the King Charles Cavalier Spaniel [1]
Altair the Standard Poodle [1]
Fletcher Guerin and Sadie Haskell-Guerin
Kelly Guerin
Furry Friends Orion and Altair