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“That was an adorable declaration, but we are here to buy clothes for my daughter. I don’t think that will get my mind off it.”
Right.
My cheeks flush scarlet. “Can’t blame a girl for trying.”
He winks. “Never.”
Hopping out of the truck, I turn to him before I close the door, my nose wrinkling. “You seriously found that cute?”
He shakes his head on a laugh as he jumps out, shutting his own door, but not before I hear him whisper, “You have no idea everything you do is cute.”
Chapter 5
Kieran
BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER
I would pick up some nuggets on the way home if I were you
KIERAN
Emmy not eating?
BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER
big time
Bella’s starting to take personal offense and you know how determined she can get…
KIERAN
Nuggets it is
BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER
thank you
you’re saving my kitchen and sanity
Layla’s not stopped talking for over ten minutes, and I’ve just been happily following behind her pushing the cart as she yaps.
It took one statement, just one small mention of how I didn’t know Target sold books, and she was off like a rocket.
I knew she read books, had eavesdropped onenough of Bella’s phone calls with her this past year to pick up on her love for them, but my god, the spark that enters her eyes as she talks about them… I’d ask a million questions over and over just to see it again.
It’s how I imagine I look when I step on the rink.
It’s the expression of pure joy.
She’s been going on and on about printing and distribution and how it’s changed since the resurgence of reading that she only now realizes where she’s walked to. She comes to a sudden halt, almost making me crash into her with the cart as she twists this way and that in the cleaning aisle.
“Why are we here?” she asks with a frown.
Shrugging, I admit, “I just followed you.”
Muttering something under her breath that I can’t catch, she spins on her heels and ushers me out of the way.
“I got distracted.” She shakes her head. “I swear I lose my marbles when I start taking about books. Why didn’t you stop me?”
