Chapter 14
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I stop the first person I see. “Excuse me, could you please tell me where I can find the offices of Noah Crenshaw?”
“Sure! They’re right over there.” The woman points directly across the town square.
Of course, his office is right here because where else would it be?
I thank the woman and march across the grass. It’s still green, despite the sudden change of seasons, though all the trees surrounding it are canopies of orange and red and yellow.
I barge through the door with a “Noah Crenshaw the emotions of the situation are just messing with my head.
Besides, the last thing Ben would want is to kiss someone like me. In his eyes, I’m an unfeeling corporate monster with no friends and no one to love me. Who could ever, when I seem to be entirely unlovable.
The thought of Ben finding me unlovable hurts more than I’d like to admit.
And so I curl up on the couch, determined to find a way to move forward. I need to save the bakery. I need to find my place in this community. And apparently, I need to fall in love with Noah Crenshaw.
If that’s what it’s going to take to get me home, then that’s what I’m going to have to do.