Chapter Twenty-Five
“I’m sorry, but marriage is the only way,” said Leo.
Alex hadn’t argued. Not because he thought that what his brother was saying was a fallacy. He knew that if he simply went out there and reconfirmed his engagement to Jan, the press would leave them alone. For a while. But then something else would come up. It always did.
The reason Alex didn’t argue with his brother was that he agreed with Leo’s statement. Marriage was the only way forward that he wanted to move with Jan.
Alex wanted more than a business arrangement with the pie maker. He wanted more than just her partnership in the kitchen. He wanted to be with her in each and every room of their very own house after they closed the restaurant each day. He wanted to make her breakfast every morning. He wanted to
