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Chapter 1

Grant

It’s our regular Monday —the first since Royce and Sawyer have been back froo, not wanting to miss time here with the fa the shit, instead of actually working That’s the perks of owning the co to catch up, but that doesn’t ins Enterprises Our father built this coacy and one we take seriously

“Knock, knock” Layla, who is our assistant, and my brother Owen’s fiancée and baby momma, enters the room “Sorry these are late The bakery had some transportation issues”

I watch in fascination as my brother Owen ju with our youngest brother, Marshall, long since forgotten now Layla is near He takes the box fro conference table, and pulls her into his aroes around her waist and the other rests on her belly, over their unborn son Out of the five of us, Owen is the last one I would have guessed to be a father first However, he met Layla and fell hard and fast

He and ic” That tellsto our father Stanley Riggins loves his wife, our ether I think the old man just likes to tell tall tales, and now thatin line with his theories

“Whatcha got there, Lay?” I ask my future sister-in-law

“Oh, a new bakery just opened up down the block You have to try these” She steps away from my brother to open the box

“Well, we’ve lost Grant,” Conrad, one of er brothers, comments

He’s the fourth brother Royce is the oldest, then there’s Owen and then est usually call me to pick them up when they’ve had too much to drink, and the two older brothers lean on er two I don’tthe middleman keeps me involved in all of their lives

“Hush—” I point at Conrad “—and step away from the pastries”

He throws his head back in laughter “Lay, tell him to share,” he says as any little brother would It doesn’t rown men