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I magicked one of the holding racks, and after I waved my hand down it while thinking about the cinnamon rolls, every pan on every tier was full of delicious coffee cinnamon rolls. I looked toward Beau and found him sitting in a chair with his arms on the prep table. His energy was obviously gone.

“Vaughn? Can you have Ev come and take Beau home? He’s overly tired, and I’m not sure about his magic right now.”

“I’ll do that. Give him a few minutes to get out of the building though.”

“I will. Thanks.”

“Cutie, I’ll help any way I can. Evan is on his way.”

“Thank you. You’re the best.”

I heard Vaughn chuckling in response.

“You okay over there?” I asked.

Beau looked at me. “I’m just really drained, Lewis.”

I nodded. I filled another rack with muffins and then took a moment to rest just a bit. Since Evan was coming, and he most definitely wasn’t pregnant, I had an idea. I walked across the room and pulled a pair of racks over to the table that was filled with cookies. I then put another pair of racks over by my table. Once they were staged, I filled my table with four different types of muffins.

“How do you have enough energy still?”

“Trust me, it’s waning. That’s why I put the racks by the tables.” The back door opened just then, and I smiled at Evan. “Perfect timing,” I said. “Before you take Beau home, can you put all of these cookies onto these two racks and the muffins on the other two? Please?”

“Are you all right? Do I need to get you home too?”

“I’m okay. I just felt my magic wobble a bit, and I didn’t want to mess everything up. I’m headed home though, and I’ll use magic to get me there.”

Evan helped Beau to his feet and then waved a hand. Everything was then on the pans on the racks, and Evan gestured toward me. “You first. I’ll take you home and then Beau.”

“Why don’t you just take us to mine?” I suggested. “Then I can rest with him, and he won’t be as far from Cooper.”

“That’s a better idea,” Beau said.

Evan nodded, and one second, we were in the bakery’s kitchen, and the next, we were in my house I shared with Vaughn.

“On the couch you go,” I told Beau. He nodded before he shuffled off toward the back room. Evan and I followed.

“Is everything all right? Should I go get Roman?” Evan asked.

“He’s fine. Just suddenly drained. But the baby is head down now, so maybe it is all worth it?”

Beau looked at me and smiled sleepily. “It was. I need maybe two hours, and then I’ll be ready to get Cooper.”

I nodded in agreement. He could stay as long as he needed. Beau went toward the couch, and I looked at Evan. “Thanks for bringing us here. I’ll reach out through Vaughn if Beau needs anything I can’t get for him.”

“Not to worry. It’s a bit slow right now for our team.” Evan glanced toward his brother but quickly looked back at me. “Let Vaughn know if Beau doesn’t wake up in a few hours, all right?”

I nodded. I could certainly do that. “Thanks again, Evan. I’ll be sure to reach out if he doesn’t wake or if anything else happens.”

Evan nodded before he disappeared. I walked over to the couch and peeked over the back. Beau was curled up on his side, already asleep. I grinned. He definitely needed that. I turned to go to my bedroom and have a nap as well. It had certainly been an eventful morning.

Chapter 21

Vaughn

“What about here?” I asked Lewis. We were putting the finishing touches on the nursery. The baby was due in a few weeks, and although the majority of things were already in place, Lewis had decided he wanted something a little different for some accents. I didn’t care what the pillows on the nursery chairs looked like. I already knew that our daughter most likely wouldn’t spend a single night in this room for at least a few months, if not more. Did I mind? Not really. If Lewis wanted the baby in our room with us, I wasn’t going to complain.

My phone ringing in the other room interrupted us. “Are you expecting a call? You don’t think you’re being called in to go out, do you?”