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No one had made me breakfast in a long time. I always just went ahead and did it.

“Shit, I’m sorry,” she said.

“It’s okay, baby. Do you want to just order something?” I was going to have to stop at home and grab a few things before going to the marketplace. I’d never done a walk of shame before.

“Yeah, let’s order something and I’ll make you breakfast next time.”

I stood up and stretched my arms over my head, my shoulders popping. “So you’re saying that there will be a next time?”

Bren wrapped her arms around me and rested her chin on my shoulder, sighing happily.

“There will definitely be a next time, Honey. Now that I’ve got you, I’m not letting you go.”

Good. I didn’t want her to.

We endedup flirting and kissing and wasting so much time that I had to rush back to the farm and barely had enough time to throw on new clothes and run a brush through my hair before I had to hurl myself into my truck and drive to the marketplace. My family hadn’t even been there; they’d already left. That was good, but I was worried what I’d find when I got there. I’d wanted to drive in with Bren, but it hadn’t worked out, so I didn’t see her again until I walked in.

She had her table ready and a matcha sitting there waiting for me as she sipped her iced coffee.

“Hey, Honey Bea,” she said, coming over and kissing me right on the lips. Right there in the marketplace.

“I missed you,” she said as my eyes went wide.

“Bren. You just kissed me.”

She grinned. “Sure did. Couldn’t wait.”

Oh.

This was a new and terrifying Bren. Terrifying at how much I wanted her. How much I loved her.

Love, love, love. It thumped in my chest along with my heart. Or maybe it had taken over my heart by now. Had become a part of me.

It was true that I’d been in love before, but never, ever like this. There was only one Bren Hendrix and I was completely and totally head over ass in love with her.

I kissed her back. “I couldn’t wait either.”

“Hi, Bren.” Ellie’s voice penetrated the Bren haze in my mind.

Bren leaned back from me and glanced over at Ellie.

“Hello, Ellie. How are you?”

“I’m fine. Are you and Honey girlfriends now?” I let out a choking noise and struggled to breathe.

I was even more shocked when Bren flashed me a smile before looking back at Ellie.

“Yes, I am. I think. I am, right?”

This was quite the turn of events. One orgasm and Bren was ready to call me her girlfriend. I knew it had to be more than the orgasm, but it was still a lot when she’d been so reluctant.

“Hey, Ellie Belly, can you give Bren and I a second?”

“Sure!” she ran off to tell the news to the rest of my family and they huddled around her.

Pulling Bren to the back of her table so we could have a little privacy, I searched her face.

“Are you really okay with all this? It’s not just post-coital glow or something?”