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Instead, I’m stuck making batches of macarons in my kitchen, experimenting with new flavors.
Landon is the one that drives me to work on my first day back, watching me warily as I balance the containers of macarons in my lap.
“I can sense your worry,” I say to him. “But I’m going to be okay.”
He wrinkles his nose, which still has a smudge of flour on it from when he kissed me senseless while I was finishing the batches this morning. “I know that,” he says evenly, even as his knuckles turn white from gripping the steering wheel. “I know,” he repeats quietly.
When he opens the passenger door for me and leads me into the café, his face is still etched with concern.
"You’re supposed to be the reasonable one,” I tell him playfully. “The smartest detective I know.”
His eyes crinkle at the corners and he gives me a small smile. “Don’t play up to my ego, Miss Bloom. Or else I’m never going to let you go to work.”
A few of our regular customers say hello to me as I place the macarons behind the counter, leaving Landon waiting at the front. He stands near the doorway, his lip quirked as he watches me greet the patrons and pull Devyn into a hug.
“Can you take these into the back?” I ask her, motioning to the cookies. “I’m going to say goodbye to Landon.”
She raises an eyebrow and smirks.
“Don’t,” I start, but she only waggles her eyebrows.
“What? Go say goodbye to your boyfriend,” she says innocently, her eyes wide. But there’s a twinkle in them, and she gives me a knowing look.
I huff and walk out the door, Landon following me. When we’re at the side of the building, he cups my face in his hands and smiles.
“Have a good first day back, my love,” he breathes, pressing a kiss to my forehead. “Be safe.”
My heart beats furiously in my chest. “I will,” I whisper, my head swimming at hearing the pet name.
“There’s a patrol car nearby,” he says. “If you see anything, if you need anything at all?—”
“I got it,” I say, wrapping my arms around his neck. “I’ll be okay.”
He presses his mouth into a thin line. “I know I sound paranoid,” he says. “But you’re the most precious thing in the world to me. So it’s…difficult.”
I stand on my tiptoes and kiss him, inhaling his earthy scent. When I pull away, his dark brown eyes are filled with wonder. “I love you,” he murmurs, his eyes searching mine. “I should have told you sooner. Since the first week I met you. Since the moment you walked into my office with those cookies.”
Landon loves me.
I am loved.
I smile so wide my face hurts and kiss him again, deeply. “I love you, too,” I say, smiling against his lips.
At first, I think I’m dreaming.
The sweetest, kindest Alpha I’ve ever met loves me.
My inner Omega sings, and I’m close to tears when Landon smiles back at me.
“Good,” he says softly. “Now that that’s settled.”
I chuckle as he pulls me into his arms. “I’m glad,” I whisper, burying my face in his chest. “But I do need to go.”
“It’s tempting to just keep you here,” he sighs. “But as you said, I’m the reasonable one. I suppose I have to live up to my name.”
“Mmhmm.”
He kisses my cheek. “Let’s get you inside before you’re late to your first shift back.”
