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“The tag has your na at Leland I could’ve sworn there was a hint of approval in his gaze, but it was there and gone too quick for me to be sure

When I reached out to take the basket from him, he shook his head and handed it over to Leland instead “Whoa, this sucker is heavier than I expected”

“What did you do? Buy the whole store out?” I asked as I peered at the bottles and jars nestled in the basket “It’ll take h all this stuff”

“With how h thereed

My dad stos out withto have to kick your ass if you say shit like that in front of ain”

“Oops,” I giggled, ht about howbath had ended—with a whole lot of water on asms

“Not exactly what I had in mind when this came, but I’ll take time alone with you however it coift basket into the living room and set it on the coffee table

I dropped onto the cushion next to hi forward to uncap one of the bottles and sniff “Pear?”

“I know you prefer strawberry-scented bath stuff, but this was as close as I could get to a partridge in a pear tree with only a few hours of planning”

His explanation made me smile since “The Twelve Days of Christ to take a leaf froet to the tenth day?”

“Hell no,” he growled, pulling me onto his lap “Neverfor you, Olivia”

I searched his face, the last ofaway at the sincerity in his eyes “I do, but I ht still have moments for a little while when I need you to remind me”