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Then he flipped me, rather skillfully in fact, displaying some of those skills. “I’m going to make you feel so good that you’re going to forget anyone who ever made you feel less than the gorgeous, sexy,smartwoman you are.”
My heart ached just hearing those words. Another thing he couldn’t do, but how I loved that he wanted to try.
“Promises, promises.”
And then he proceeded to show me, inch by inch, and kiss after mind-blowing kiss, just how well he kept his promises.
CHAPTER34
Carly
“Girl, you needto stop smiling like that,” Jill said from behind the counter at the Drip. “You’re making me wish I had a boyfriend.”
“Sorry.”
“Just hope I meet someone that makesmesmile like that someday.”
I yawned in response, and Jill glared at me. “Oh, stop it. You couldn’t be more obvious.”
“What happened to your good-looking neighbor?” I said, paying for my mocha latte.
“Men are dumb.”
Fortunately, Jill said this over the loud cacophony of the espresso machine, so I thought most of the customers sitting nearby probably hadn’t heard her. Hopefully. I walked over to the other end of the counter to wait for my drink, pushing Grace’s stroller forward. The Drip was fairly empty after the lunch rush. It was a good place to do homework or write and there was a long bench table in the back usually filled with students and writers.
Jill slid the mocha in my direction. “He’smarried. I took his stupid dog to the pet wash and walked him three times. The last time I brought him back he thanked me for walking his wife’s dog while she was on a business trip. You’d think he could have told me that the first time, don’t you?”
“That’s terrible, but itwasvery nice of you to do that.”
Jill rolled her eyes. “And a little mocha for the baby girl!” She handed over a small paper cup filled with whipped cream for Grace.
“That’s theorganicwhipped cream, right?”
“Of course.”
Grace squealed in delight when I put it in her hands. I had started the coffee appreciation training early, but for now it was a mocha-free zone for Grace.
“What time is Grandma coming?” Jill asked.
“She should be here any minute.”
“You’re going tell her today?”
“That’s the plan.” I pushed the stroller to an empty two-chair table and set my drink down.
I hoped that Irene was as open-minded as she seemed to be, because I wanted her to walk out of the coffee shop rethinking all of her plans. Despite the fact that Levi thought it was none of our business, I couldn’t, in good conscience, allow Mrs. Lane to walk out of her marriage of more than twenty years without a fight. Real love was always worth fighting for. It was worth overcoming every obstacle. I’d make Mrs. Lane see that, one way or another.
Irene wanted to take Grace to the local petting zoo, and Levi had agreed. This would give me some free time today as well. Since Grace had started to sleep less during the day and more at night, my days had become difficult to juggle.
It wouldn’t be much longer before RockYourBaby was sold. We’d recently received an adequate offer, and though it was for far less than I’d hoped, we now had a solid and viable option. Kirk had agreed we should sell at the lower figure. It was time. Now we simply had to take care of the paperwork and contracts. RockYourBaby would become part of a larger and more profitable baby website.
Apparently, Your Beautiful Baby even hired professional journalists to write their articles. They’d decided not to buy the RockYourBaby trademark name, and instead, planned to capitalize on Fashionista Baby because of the popularity of the viral post.
The door chime dinged, and I looked up to see Mrs. Lane walking toward them. She had a backpack slung over one shoulder and wore a windbreaker, long pants and hiking shoes.
“Hey, you two.” She bent to pat Grace’s head and took the empty chair. “I bought diapers and I’ve got water bottles and snacks. I didn’t want you to go to any trouble.”
So much for the diaper bag I had packed with fresh fruit and healthy organic snacks. “That’s okay. Take this anyway.”
