Sugar for the Mountain Man

His empire may be gone, but his appetite for her is just getting started.

Maribel:
Every day at Bake Me Happy, I watch couples share sweet moments—holding hands over coffee, stealing quick kisses between bites of pastries.
It’s like love is everywhere, but somehow not for me.
I want what they have—something warm, steady, real—but after seeing so many breakups crash through these doors, I’m wary.
Then there’s the one man who lives up on the mountain—never wearing flannel like the rest, always in a crisp collared shirt.
He doesn’t say much, and he hardly ever finishes the sweets he orders.
I don’t know his story, and I’m not sure I want to.
But he’s become the one part of my day I don’t want to lose.

Wesley:
I was an important man with wealth and power, destined to reclaim my throne—until the scandal hit.
Betrayed by someone I trusted, stabbed in the back, and exiled to Willowbrook Ridge, I’m left raw and restless.
I came to Bake Me Happy hoping for a spark to light the dark inside me.
Instead, I found Maribel—sweet as the desserts she makes, a bright beacon cutting through the gloom.
She won’t spare me more than a glance, but the tension between us smolders, promising a fire I’m desperate to feel.
I’m done hiding behind wealth and titles. Now, I’m ready to bare everything and prove that beneath the darkness, there’s a man who can love fiercely.