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She avoided his gaze and rose from the chair to walk toward hi to recover froh the opening in the wall now and sneak up on me”

They were connecting the bakery and Lift Your Spirit to share café tables as well as cross-prolass doors were installed between the two shops, all Asher had to do was slip around the plastic sheeting over the huge-ass hole in the wall

He shrugged and grinned as he glanced behind her “You cleaned the desk again What are you looking for this time?”

“Nothing, ss”

“Yeah, right,” he scoffed

She brushed past him “I am” Frooing next door?”

“Good Mae’s crew is packing up for the day, and Honor and I are heading out, too We’re going to grab drinks at Nick’s and thought we’d see if you wanted to , too”

Roxanna glanced toward the front of her shop, half-expecting Loyal to walk in at any ht if she wasn’t here when he showed up—then he’d know she was serious that nothing more could happen between them But part of her didn’t want to be serious Part of her wanted hiain

Her cheeks burned hot at the wanton thought “Thanks, but I have a lot to get done here”

Asher joined her over by the tidy register counter and crossed his arms “Like what?”

“I’uely

“You did that yesterday”

“I have more to do” She had a few ite “And I’ain”

“You should’ve hired someone to do those by now”

She shrugged His scrutinizing gaze made her nerves twitch