All for This by Lexi Ryan

Author:Lexi Ryan [Ryan, Lexi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Women, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction, romance
Amazon: B00MDWI3X4
Barnesnoble: B00MDWI3X4
Goodreads: 20950184
Publisher: Ever After, LLC
Published: 2014-08-02T04:00:00+00:00

“MAX! I have great news.”

I frown at my phone. Other than when she called to tell me that Hanna had decided to go ahead with the bakery with me as her anonymous investor, I don’t think my lawyer has ever left me a voicemail message with good news.

“A lawyer from California has contacted me, and her client is offering to buy you out of the bakery. The numbers she’s throwing out are almost too good to be true. They’ll more than cover the mortgage and your initial investment and leave you with a nice nest egg for your investment. As we prepare to move forward with your custody case, this would put you in a great position. I think you should take the offer. Give me a call.”

I squeeze my eyes shut. An offer on the bakery. Probably from Nate Crane—this would cut me out of Hanna’s life, and I’m sure that’s what he wants.

My lawyer’s right. I need the money. But the bakery is my last connection to Hanna’s life, and selling it makes the end of our relationship feel too final. And who is the client? I’m not turning over half ownership of Hanna’s life to just anyone. If it’s Nate, would he use his ownership as leverage to get Hanna to move to LA?

I dial my lawyer, but she doesn’t answer. She left the message on my office phone last night—a habit we formed when my involvement in the bakery was still a secret—and I doubt she’s in her office this weekend.

After locking up my office, I find Sam at the front of the club. He’s covering the front for me this morning—something he’s done most Saturdays since I bought the bakery and didn’t have the money for staff.

“I need to run over to the bakery,” I tell him. “Are you okay to open if I don’t get back in time?”

Smirking, Sam nods. Saturday mornings aren’t a hopping time for fitness. “Whatever happened to your plans to offer classes on Saturday mornings to get traffic in here?”

I shrug. “I’ve just had other priorities.”

“Like paying the bills for the bakery instead of hiring someone who could bring you new business here.”

“Shut up.”

“I’m just making an observation. Grab me a cup of the good stuff while you’re over there.”

“Should I assume Liz knows how you like it?”

“Fuck off,” he mutters, but there’s a hint of a smile behind the command.

The bakery smells amazing this morning—always, really, but there’s an extra hit of vanilla in the air this morning, and it reminds me so much of Hanna’s smell that it makes my chest ache.

“Oh, hey!” Hanna pushes through the swinging door from the kitchen and gives me a tentative smile. For a moment, I forget all the bullshit and almost expect her to come around the counter and rise onto her toes to kiss me.

I wish she’d forget too—just for a moment—that those days are behind us. I’d hold her fast and keep her close. I’d deepen the kiss until she softened and moaned against my mouth.

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