Chapter 85

"I HAVE A SURPRISE for you." Cecily could barely contain herself as she cornered Reed in his office.

"Does it involve those two lips meeting these two lips?"

"Totally not the surprise. Though I suspect we'll get there."

"Then lay it on me."

She pulled the copy of the contract out of her purse and laid it on the desk.

He pulled out his horn rims - swoon - and proceeded to scan it before his gaze snapped to hers. "This is a offer to purchase real estate. Here."

"It is. Mitch was right. The old train station would make an amazing office. My grandfather has a saying: Start as you mean to continue. If I'm going to make a business here, I might as well start out looking like a real - " But he'd skirted the desk and scooped her up with a whoop before she could finish.

"This is amazing!"

His unfettered enthusiasm curbed the nerves that'd been simmering beneath her excitement. He'd been so reserved the other morning, she hadn't been entirely sure how he'd react.