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“What are your favorites?” he said

Rain stared at him wide-eyed “You can’t buy me cupcakes”

“Why not?”

She opened her mouth to answer and seemed to realize there was no reasonable answer She finally settled on, “You just can’t”

He grunted in amusement “You can tell me your favorite or I’ll choose for you”

“If I remember correctly her favorites are chocolate and carairl behind the counter offered with a giggle

Craig grinned at her and she blushed “Thank you We’ll have three of each”

“Three of” Rain grabbed his hand “You don’t have to do that”

He looked down at where she held hi her hand “I know I don’t” He paid the girl and took the box of cupcakes before handing theold Tentatively she took it and then looked up at hiaze that made hiled with desire soared through hi you’d say that”

Rain was quiet when they left the bakery and Craig worried she was taking the gesture and overanalyzing it in her head He was just about to voice his concerns when she gestured across the street and said, “The library Gosh, I haven’t been to the library in years I miss it”

He was bemused by the somewhat random comment “Aye? Well I haven’t been in a library ever School library when forced but not a public library”

Her eyes grew round with astonishment as she stopped in the middle of the pavement “You’ve never been in a library?”

“Never”

“Well we’re going in, then”

“It’s okay I’ve never been that inclined to go in”

“But you’reand Craig had no choice but to follow her across the street to the library “When I was a kid and things were really bad I’d go the library,” she said, and he felt that pang in his chest again picturing her as this lonely wee girl searching for solace soic”