Diary Drabble: Arrangement

Alfie checks the flower arrangement a final time, reaching out to tweak an unnecessary petal, straightening an already perfect stem. He tenses at the cleared throat behind him, turning before he’s fixed his guilty expression.

“It’s good. It’s all good,” his assistant Priya says with a firm nudge of Alfie’s arm.

In the three years they’ve been working together, she’s proven herself to be an exceptional wedding planner. Alfie won’t take any credit for that – Priya is a natural. Which is why he...