Chapter 138

EMILIA

“That’s not what I said.”

“Good. That means this is the part where you come thank your amazing boyfriend with a kiss, mhm?”

I’d only ever offhandedly thought about how cute flowers out front would be when we were at the farmers market. Now they’re actually here. And I’m so happy I can barely breathe, except also completely panicking because—“Wait. Did I say that out loud? Are you some kind of mind reader? Should I be concerned?”

Liam just sighs and steals the kiss for himself, like he doesn’t trust me not to combust. When he’s satisfied, he finally laughs at me. “You’re really easy to read when you want something. It was kind of obvious, Em.”

“Really?” I narrow my eyes. “That can’t be right. If it was, Tessa wouldn’t have kicked me off her Netflix.”

I push open the bakery door, and Liam strolls in like it’s his second apartment. I shake my head. “Don’t you have practice?”

“Kind of.”

“Kind of?” I blink at him. “What does that eve