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“I’ll see you there”

If he was lucky, talking to potential voters for his dad’s ca resent him as a stand-in for the half-brother he hated

Chapter 10

“Honor and Mae are here,” Tessa called froister on Thursday afternoon

Roxanna slammed the file cabinet with a frustrated huff and walked over to her already messy desk to swipe up her new purse It had been a shitty week, and not just because of the fire Ever since she’d lied to Loyal about why she’d asked him to kiss her drunk self, she’d felt sick to her stoet her accounts to balance out, and the check she’d found on Sunday night had gone

Karut told her it was all because of her mean-spirited lie She’d wanted to throw hi she hadn’t seen hi, it appeared to have worked Too bad she couldn’t enjoy the peace and quiet

When she turned around, the redheaded cake baker engaged to her best friend stood in the doorway, her blond bestie beside her still wearing her red Lockhart Construction logo shirt, jeans, and tan work boots

“What’s got you all riled up?” Honor asked

“I’ot ht, but I haven’t been able to find it”

“Need some help?” Mae offered

“Thanks, but I’ve had enough of the file cabinets today I’ll look again tomorrow”

“Any word on your apartment?”

That was another thing She answered Honor’s question with a shake of her head as they headed out “They’re still investigating what started the fire No one’s cleared to enter the building until that’s finalized”

She switched the subject to Honor and Asher’s trip as they got in the car, and on the way to the costu set for May Loyal would be the best man, and Mae the matron of honor Roxanna was to be paired with Merit, and Honor’s sister Glory would’ve been with Grayson, but the Diaroo for someone else

“But it’s months away,” Mae said “Surely he’ll be more comfortable with the family by then?”