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Irreplaceable Angela Graham 18680K 2023-09-01

When I opened the door, I was instead met with a bouquet of red roses and a cocky s to Luke My face fell, confused

"Happy Valentine’s Day," Logan said, placing the flowers inin for a quick kiss to ht faded jeans, and his wool coat was open, revealing a casual black V-neck T-shirt

"Um…happy Valentine’s Day to you too, but why are you here?" My face had to have sho surprised I was to see hiht…with Luke"

"Yes, I reht I’d stop by on the off chance that he canceled"

I snorted Canceled? "Yeah, didn’t happen, but thanks for the flowers, they’re beautiful"

He looked pleased, standing there watching an wanted to spend tiether, he should’ve asked I did eat lunch alone a few hours earlier, and wouldn’t have shot him down had he asked to join

"Luke will be here any minute, so if you don’t mind, I’ll see you around," I said with a soft san’s hand flew up, holding it open

"Wait, can’t I at least come in until he arrives?"

My plans for a roan," I sighed, droppingdown at the bouquet in ing from the coffee table cut me off I looked back to the table where it sat, and then to Logan

"You can get that," he said, shtly

I eyed hi it up to see it was Luke

"Hey Luke, you on your way over?" I asked, grinning cheekily at Logan, as bent down petting Scout wearing a s s ca? I turned away fro in my doorway and dropped my voice to a whisper "Why?"

"I’ over when I saw a car on the side of the road about a mile from your house I stopped to help, and it was Julia West"

I sighed What were the chances? A quick glimpse over my shoulder told an’s brow Da story short, her car just needed a juher out"

"You don’t say"

"I hate to cancel, but it turns out she and Mark broke up, so I figured why not?"

"Broke up?" That was news I’d just talked to her yesterday, and she didn’t say a thing Not that ere BFFs

"Yeah, she didn’t say le on Valentine’s, so I took that to o, she’s co back from the restroo up and I did the saan, as now strolling into the house with a paper bag in his hands that heon the porch He shut the door behind hi you awith hian, I will hurt you both!"

"Cal Mark broke up last week She won’t say why, but I did happen to catch the way your little friend looked at my sister e ran into him and Caleb the other day" He walked toward me, his breath warm over my cheek as his voice lowered to a husky murmur "Hate to break it you, sweetheart, but it’s not how he looks at you"