Love on the Free Side by Mariah Ankenman

Author:Mariah Ankenman [Ankenman, Mariah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Western, contemporary
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Heavenly flavors exploded on Jamie’s tongue as she bit into the Peppermint Perfection cupcake. Since she was alone in her office of the ranch house, she did nothing to stop the moan of ecstasy from escaping her throat. If she was of the persuasion, she’d try to steal Maggie away from Colton just so she could have unlimited access to the cupcake maker’s talents.

“Oh my sweet delectable morsel, how I’ve missed you.” The cupcake said nothing as she shoved the rest into her mouth.

She glanced longingly at the empty box. Yesterday, it had been filled with half a dozen of the scrumptious desserts. Now, they were all gone. Pity, but for the best. One more sugar bomb and she’d be bouncing off the walls. Not good. She needed a calm and level head to deal with today’s mountain of work.

A level head was also required to ponder the motives of the giver of the—now devoured—delicious treats.

Yesterday, after chatting with Lizzy and Maggie at the shop, Tony had arrived to pick her up. Something about him had been off. She didn’t know if something happened with his uncle or if it was something else, but he’d behaved…strangely. Then, after ushering her out to his truck, he’d popped back in the store to—according to him—“place a special order.” She figured it had been for his uncle.

Lo and behold that evening, an hour after he left—after helping repair the weak spots in her fencing and fixing a few broken locks on the sheds out back—Maggie arrived at her doorstep with a box of cupcakes and a knowing smile on her face. Her old boss said nothing, just handed off the delivery and left. Cupcakes Above the Clouds didn’t even do delivery! Not normally.

Jamie swiveled back and forth in her office chair. Her fingers reached out to grasp the card that came with the cupcakes, reading the scrawled handwriting for the hundredth time.

Jamie,

A little something for you to enjoy. You deserve it, and so much more. I know they’re your favorite.

Tony

They were her favorite. They were also a seasonal item, which Tony also knew, having worked at the cupcake shop for a few years. So, how did he convince Maggie to whip up a batch just for her…and why? What game was he playing at now? And what was with the whole deserving statement? The guy dropped her like a hot potato years ago. Now, not only was she forced to work with him, but he was sexier than ever, helpful as all get out, and sending her signals she could not handle or decipher at the moment.

“Ahhhhhhhh! I can’t deal with this right now.” Tossing the note onto her desk, she thunked her head down on the solid oak. “Ow.”

Note to self: desk harder than head.

Shoving her relationship—or whatever—drama away for another day, she lifted her head, rubbing at the slight throbbing spot in the center.

Yeah, real smart move with that one, Jamie.

Okay, time to get to work. She had a ton to do, starting with a call to her former mentor and boss.

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