Page 55 of Loving You

I glance in the front window; Brooke has a longer line this morning. She does really well and this isn’t anything new, but I love that the visitors of this town can see her gift as much as the locals.

Still, I’m not sure what exactly Miles is referring to at the moment.

“Is it too long? Do you want me to wait while you go back to the shop?”

The look he gives me says he really wants to roll his eyes right now, but he’s powering through.

I grin.

“Don’t,” he says, because even in our short amount of time together, he can apparently read me well enough to know my next move. “Just look at the third and fourth person in line.”

As nonchalantly as I can, I look into the window again.

The third person is Cherry and the fourth is Danny.

Oh.

“I’ll come back later.”

He sighs and then shakes his head. “No, we’ll go in. I just didn’t think we’d have to be the happy couple first thing in the morning.”

“I think that’s a chance we have to take in this town.”

“Obviously.”

I grab the door, and he groans, basically moving me out of the way so he can hold it for me instead of the other way around.

“I can open my own door, you know.”

“I know, but it doesn’t mean you should have to.”

I lean in closer and whisper, “Look at you being a good boyfriend.”

He lets out a low chuckle that catches Cherry’s attention along with a couple of others in line.

She waves and smiles, her focus lasered in on Miles.

Her gaze only flickers to me before she turns back around in line.

Her movement must make Danny curious as to who just walked in, because now it’s his turn to turn around.

“Quinn, hey,” he says, smiling. He offers his hand to Miles. “Good to see you again, Miles.”

“Yeah,” Miles says but doesn’t return the smile.

“Getting an early start for some big plans today?” Danny asks.

“No. We’re just getting coffee and heading back to work,” I answer.

Danny chuckles and shakes his head. “I still think it’s crazy that you?—”

He stops mid-sentence, his gaze colliding with Miles’s. My fake boyfriend’s arms are crossed as he glares at Danny.

“Never mind.”

Danny turns back around.

I turn to give him my back and jerk Miles's arm down so that he’s forced to bend and I can whisper in his ear.

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