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"I’ic," she said

I nearly whackedtoo quickly with a stack of paper cups "Thein pitch and volume How could she have known?

"You know, that connection you two have Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed it I can practically see the little hearts circling your heads when you two are together"

Actually, little hearts had been about the only thing that hadn’t circled our heads the night before If it had even been real It had felt like a dreahtI wanted to happen, and I wasn’t ready to ad romantic dreams about other men

When Owen came to the coffee shop to test the ne, I knew that it must have been real, unless we’d had the same dream He didn’t quite look me in the eye and he blushed as he spoke to reat a on

"Let oes," I told him before he headed down to open the store and start the treasure hunt,out a little squeaky Yes, he was just as cute as I reic we’d ether--literally

I had to break it off with Josh, I decided right then Even if nothing ended up happening with Owen, if I could feel this way about son that Josh and I weren’t meant to be I couldn’t marry him

At thatan enor them to me with a flourish

"Oh, uh, thanks," I said "This is a surprise"

"Well, this whole store revaratulate you I think I haven’t come across as very supportive, but I just hat’s best for you I didn’t think that would involve working in a bookstore, but that’s my issue, not yours, and I can see howall the right things--too right, co the self-help section before coht out of one of those "learn to communicate with yourabout how to respond, the phone rang, and then Florence called out, "Katie, they want you downstairs to help kick off the treasure hunt"

"Oh, sorry, I’ve got to go," I said, then ree bouquet of flowers Florence reached over and took theain