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“No The soil has been turned over and the patio is getting laid to to do now that I’ve cleared out all my emails and answered a ton of questions from random people”

“What?”

“Nothing” She shook her head “Adelaide is writing, and Eva is at work, so I’ to amuse me”

“Why are you hovering in the doorway?”

“I’reenhouse” She pouted “So I’ in”

My lips twitched “You can coreenhouse, princess”

Her face lit up like a child’s, and the happiness that flashed across her eyes made my heart flip

Fuck

“Really? You’ll let me come in?”

“You can co

“Ooh!” She made a series of little squeaky, excited noises as she carefully stepped over the threshold “Oh,So many plants”

“Don’t—” Ah “Don’t touch anything Please”

“Oh” She brought her hands back into her body “Sorry”

“No, it’s just that everything is organised in a syste to make my job a whole lot harder, that’s all”

“I understand What’s in here? It’s like Christlee that I couldn’t stop bloody s at her

“It’s just a greenhouse, Gabriella”

“Yes, but nobody is allowed in here But I’m in here Hee-hee” She squealed the last noise

“Yes, but there’s a difference between you and everyone else”

“What’s that?”

“I like you”

She looked up, lips parted, and blushed She looked as though she was about to say soasped “What’s that? It’s pretty!”

“That is a rogue dahlia,” I replied, looking at gorgeous bloom that hite with a wine-red centre “It was supposed to be planted out already, but soe system and it ended up in here, and now there’s no room for it in the dahlia bed”

“It’s beautiful I haven’t seen that colour before” She leaned down, still clasping her hands to her stomach

She re not to touch all the things they want

“That’s why I’m annoyed It was a new addition,” I said wryly “It is lovely”