Page 79 of Chocolate Cherry Cabin

“Wait.” Hannah stopped short. “Is it you? Are you not in love with him?”

“Love isn’t the problem,” she said, becoming more agitated.

“I don’t get it.”

Cass sighed, stopped moving, looked both ways for eavesdroppers, then lowered her voice and said, “Our relationship is…one of convenience.”

Convenience? Cass and Landon? It all looked so real from the outside.

“You’ve given up on love?” Hannah asked, aware too late that she’d said it loud enough that a few heads turned their way. She gave a fake laugh as though they were joking, and nudged Cass before scurrying on down the hallway, catching up with the kids. “But I don’t understand. You two look like you’re in love.”

“One of us is, but we have a deal. And it doesn’t include love.”

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