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Heather rolled her eyes, even as she felt an odd little stab of happiness at the thought that they’d be ether in the near future She didn’t actually like banana bread, but she was pretty sure she was starting to like her neighbor A lot
Not in the roet involved with a man who had heartbreaker scrawled across his six-pack But she couldn’t deny that the guy was growing on her Big-ti-tiroceries, and Heather pulled up the coffee cake recipe on her iPad Wo Had it always been this coredients So many steps
So little ti around her apartment “Table looks nice”
The table did look nice, thanks to hi her ti her hair to air-dry as she’d carefully arranged the freshly cut flowers she’d picked up on her way hoorgeous silver ribbon left over fros
She didn’t have fancy china, but her plain white plates contrasted nicely with the pink place littery candles that were ave her otherwise pedestrian apartment a flare of formal
“Yeah, well, that’s the easy part,” Heather said as she dashed around the kitchen, gathering the necessary supplies The s crashed to the ground, followed by the bag of flour, the wooden spatula, and a box of salt, which thankfully wasn’t open and thus didn’t spill everywhere
Heather set the stuff aside, bending down to clean up at the same lanced up when he didn’t let go when she tugged He was searching her face “4C, exactly how bad are you in the kitchen?”
She bit her lip “Uave a little sigh as he stood, extending a hand down to her “So like that All right, 4C, let’s do this”
She frowned “Do what?”
Josh pulled out two cutting boards and placed one in front of her “You’re on fruit salad”
“Not a h dish for you to concern yourself with?” she asked
“Absolutely not I don’t suppose you’re planning on serving steak? Just a big, juicy hunk of beef?”
“Big, huh? Co, Tanner?”
“Sorry, if you wanted to see the goods, you should have done so earlier thisbefore I put my pants on”
Heather rolled her eyes “I’m confident it won’t be the last time you prance around in your boxers And no steak But seriously, you don’t have to help h in the past week Okay, let’s talk egg prep You skilled enough to do omelets, or you wantscrauess,” she said, unable to keep the glu, but I’ve never uests is the time to start”
“Tell me about these people you’re so deter boith surprising aptitude for a man who had his ues,” Heather said, flipping open the carton of strawberries and beginning to wash and slice them “The rest of the Belles and our receptionist”
“The Belles?”
“The Wedding Belles,” she explained “That’s the na co around in her drawer for a whisk “They’re the fussy quiche types?”
“For the record, quiche is delicious,” Heather said, pointing her knife at him “And no, they’re not fussy Not really Brooke is sort of bubbly and sweet, Jessie’s a little firecracker and probably theperson you’ll ever meet And Alexis is”