All Of Us (All Series Book 7) by Natalie Ann

Author:Natalie Ann [Ann, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Published: 2019-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

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Kristen pulled into the parking lot with her mother a few minutes after five on Friday. Landon’s SUV was already there but was empty so she figured he was inside with Chloe.

“Are we bringing our gifts in?” her mother asked.

Kristen had rolled her eyes when she picked her mother up and saw she wore some tacky neon yellow sweatshirt with rainbow letters that read “Happy Birthday” on it with a pair of white jeans. White jeans in November. The palm slap to the forehead almost happened, but she held back.

“We’ll do gifts at Landon’s after dinner. I’ve got to stop home and get the cake and Chloe’s surprise and her gifts from me.”

“What surprise is that?” her mother asked.

“I can’t tell you. You’ll see it when we get to my place. Not to mention I don’t trust you to keep a secret. If you don’t know, you can’t slip and say anything.”

“I wouldn’t spoil her day,” her mother argued.

“You wouldn’t mean to, but you wouldn’t be able to help yourself either. Just like you had to put that shirt on.”

“I bought it just for today.”

“You mean that’s new?” she asked. She hoped her mother didn’t spend more than a few dollars on it. It looked like a kindergarten project.

“You only wish you could pull off clothing like I do,” her mother said winking, then walking into the restaurant.

“Yeah, that’s it, Mom. I wish I could,” she said sarcastically.

Once they were in the door, she saw Landon and Chloe sitting in the back by the kitchen, Chloe’s eyes trained at the dough flipping through the air, so they made their way back.

“That looks like fun, doesn’t it?” her mother asked as she slid in the booth next to Chloe, leaving Kristen to sit next to Landon.

“It does. I wonder how hard it is,” Chloe said.

“It looks easier than it is,” Kristen said. “Right, Mom? Remember when you tried to do that once years ago?”

Her mother started to laugh. “Yeah. I think there is still some dough on the ceiling to this day.”

Chloe giggled. “You didn’t hit the ceiling, did you?”

“Three times,” her mother said. “The first time it only grazed it and I just kept going. The second it bumped it and folded the dough over.”

“The third time it stuck,” Kristen said. “Mom had to get on a chair to pull it all down.”

“Don’t ask me to make pizza like that,” Landon said. “I’m happy with the few meals I manage to do as it is.”

“You cook good, Uncle Landon,” Chloe said.

Kristen watched the look pass between Chloe and Landon and felt something tug in her heart she’d never thought possible. It wasn’t just Landon she was falling for, not even just Chloe. But it was them together and how they seemed to be finding their way.

An hour later, her mother and she were pulling into Landon’s with a cake and ice cream and part of Chloe’s gift from Landon in the backseat next to hers and her mother’s gifts.

“I can’t believe you talked Landon into that,” her mother said.

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