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worked behind the counter, l

ath and adjusted her a

r woman hummed but ma

t the bakery when she first came to town. But after a few months

rted room she had rented into a warm and welcoming spa

tle shop on the q

lf that it was a new day and inha

esolve in her eyes had won her

d. Perhaps they decided to let her recove

a love, these cinnamon rolls might just brin

laughed. "That's not t

miled. "Ah, but

e wasn't prepared to consider love on

went by. Waking up early, preparing coffee, kneading doug

pron, the fact that her child was coming

y clothes, folding soft blankets, and running her

verything was silent, the

tranquillit

stion of when the pa

ise this child alone

eep-seated sense that fat

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a sense of being caught in a never-endin

cry. Sharp. d

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ft of dark hair, delicate fingers, and rosy cheeks. He made a

as she whispered

strength. The burden of everything-Nolan, the past, the suffer

forehead tenderly. "I'll love you

gh her as she looked i

re Nola

ly get away from him, no

*

YEARS

rofits soared and deals closed with ease, making his

d everything

exhale, he un

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control, and wor

sness troubled him , a whispe

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