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‘Thanks,’ she mumbled as she slipped through the open gate. ‘I told you so. I know you’re dying to say it. Just get it over with.’

‘Why would I say that?’ Pulling his keys from his pocket, he unlocked his van and opened the passenger door for Brooke, taking the boxes while she climbed up.

‘Because you said it was a bad idea going to meet Benjamin last night.’

‘You told me you’d had a good time, so what would I know?’ Starting the engine, he checked the mirrors before reversing down the narrow lane running behind the bakery and the small row of shops.

Narrowing her eyes, Brooke tightened her grip on the boxes of cakes. Yep, as she’d said, annoying. ‘Yes, well, you know it didn’t go well now. So you can have your laugh.’

‘Why would I want to laugh? Dating can be cruel in itself and the dating apps...’ Max shuddered. ‘You’re not the only one to have had bad experiences using them.’

‘You’re on them?’

‘I was. For a while. I came off because of how disheartening it was. I’d message someone, think I was getting to know her and then when we met she was either completely different to how she had come across on the app or through messages, or there just wouldn’t be a connection.’

‘Oh right. Sorry, I just assumed you were teasing me, thinking you were better because you didn’t have to use the apps.’ She looked down at the boxes in her lap. Maybe she’d jumped to the wrong conclusion about him.

Max laughed. ‘Not at all. Quite the opposite. I think most people have to use the apps nowadays. It’s not as easy as finding your soul mate down the local pub anymore.’

Brooke smiled. ‘You can say that again.’

‘So, can we start again?’

‘You want me to chuck coffee and cake over you again?’ Brooke grinned.

‘Uh, no. Maybe we could start over again after that.’

‘I’d like that.’

‘Great. Let’s get these cakes dropped off and then we can get the wallpaper.’

‘Sounds like a plan.’










Chapter Eight

‘Is it just wallpaperwe need to get?’ Brooke looked towards the large hardware shop as they pulled into the car park.

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