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Lily fiddled around in the kitchen. She hated feeling useless, but she wasn’t much help to Archer. She heard him on the phone in the office as she pulled a batch of cupcakes out of the oven.
Busy work, Jaymes always said, but when he went to the store, he bought the supplies she needed. He stocked the things he knew she liked to eat, or bake, but rarely had anything for himself. Lily took care of that part and made sure Jaymes had plenty of snacks around.
She dried the mixing bowl and set it back under the stand mixer Jaymes only bought because she loved it. It would be awhile before the cupcakes were cool enough to frost, but Lily needed a sugar jolt to start her day. She was usually up early, but she was not a morning person, and being woken up by a guy breaking in to the apartment
