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“Gah, I’ the I’m-so-plain card” Max clutched her hands to her chest and batted her eyelashes “Oh no, no one will like iant boobs Whatever will they think?” She unclasped her hands and dropped the sugar sweet voice “You’re perfect for this, I can already tell”

“How?” I lifted an eyebrow

“First off, I’ve tasted your stuff and it’s a, so you know your way around the kitchen Second, you’ve got that young, bubbly personality with a hint of snark, and you look so damn cute you’re about to send me into a diabetic coma It’s a total I’ll-bake-you-muffins-and-whip-up-some-chicken-noodle-soup-if-you’re-sick look”

“Thank you?” Coue like insults and I wasn’t sure how to react

“Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it I’ve got sort of a prickly personality You’re still taking the job, right?”

“I think Avery’s getting my uniform now”

Avery griot When I say uniforets super hot in here once we start baking, so you’d freaking burn up in that long sleeve, what the hell is that? A thermal?”

My eyes widened and I tried to play it off like I wasn’t in practically a sweater when September had just rolled in

“If you can survive even fivefor the hills, you can handle anything” Avery rued around in a box of t-shirts and I prayed for once that she wouldn’t have anything inin front of ca in the wind

Sorry, Dr Schuller I h life and carry the weight of my burdens

“Yes, found one This should fit you”

She held up a pastel pink top with short sleeves—very, very short sleeves—and the B&B logo printed in black on the front

Don’t panic, Jules Don’t panic Just don’t think about the last tiht and hope you

don’t burn under those big cahts out there

“You can change in my bathroom” Avery pointed to the small door I hadn’t even noticed before “I’ll wait I don’t want to go back out there alone”