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CHAPTER ONE
The bell over the bakery—or soon to be bakery—door rang Riley had placed it there after being startled one too ht he was alone
“Hello,” Marc called out
“Co at floor samples”
When Riley’s best friend, Marc, entered the kitchen, he immediately pointed at the black-and-white checkerboard tile sample “That one”
“Yeah?”
“Definitely”
That was the one Riley had been leaning toward It was exactly the floor a cozy old-fashioned bakery should have, but he’d wondered if that made it too cliché
Marc looked up fro it”
“Are you psychic now?”
“Apparently not Soure it out”
Soreeement secret for the weeks since they returned fro, realizing they were one hundred percent e they hadn’t been ready to share it Maybe it was time to let Marc in on it
As if knowing how to lead him to spill the secret, Marc said, “And what’s with the Spideruy”
“Can you keep a secret?” Riley lowered his voice despite no one else being in the bakery
Marc gave him a look of mock offense
“Fine I know you can” He took a big breath “Thorne and I are engaged”
“Whaaat? That’s a”
Marc pulled Riley into a hug
“Wait a“Is this an engage?” He arched a brow “I know Thorne can do better than that”
Riley scowled “Do not laugh atHe and Marc ended up in a laughing fit that lasted several ive Marc the full story of Thorne getting up before dawn and attee by the lake, as if that were possible
“So this is what he came up with?”
“Yes He intended to replace it once we got back to Atlanta, but I told hi else”
“And he listened to you?”
Marc’s expression of disbelief was priceless
“Probably not, but he hasn’t tried to take this one from me yet”
“So do you have a date?” Marc asked