“Order up.”
Brax took the bag of food from the tattooed guy tending bar at Elvira’s Tavern. “Thanks, man. And I really appreciate you putting a rush on this.”
“No problem. Tell Mia I said hello.”
He’d been in Eden’s Ridge long enough that such a remark no longer surprised him. Much. Eventually, he’d learn everybody’s names and be considered a regular himself. What a concept.
With a nod and a wave, he wove his way through the surprisingly heavy weeknight crowd and back to the parking lot. He was itching to return to the bakery. Sure, Luca was there, but that posed its own problem. For all that he’d been on his best behavior lately, and was unquestionably watching out for Mia, there was the fact that he was doing it because he was in love with her. That kind of feeling didn’t just go awa
