Page 108 of Chloé

Her papa smoothed a hand over her braid, and eyed Ethan. “Well, don’t just be mad at him. Zayne was the one who called us up and arranged it all.”

Her eyes flicked to Zayne, who winked at her. “We love you, and we wanted to make your big night special.”

Chloé couldn’t have loved them more than she did in that moment, and it was all she could do to blink back her emotions. “Thank you.”

Herpèrecame up on the other side of her to wrap an arm around her shoulders. “Aw,bichette. Don’t cry.”

“I just…” She sniffed. “I don’t know what to say.” She swiped at a tear that slipped free. “I didn’t think you could be here, and now you are, and I’m just so happy.”

“Tant mieux.On t’aime, mon ange. C’est tout ce qu’on souhaite.”

“We were never going to miss your opening night,” Dad said, slipping an arm through Ethan’s elbow. “But before we could talk to your men about it, they had already contacted us. We were just lucky that Justin had some vacation time too.”

“Wait… Justin’s here too? I didn’t see him.”

Ethan nodded. “He’s here.Allof your men are here tonight.”

She looked around, trying to spot him, then heard—

“Well, it’s about time you showed up, kiddo. You are cooking tonight, right?”

She whirled around to see Justin stepping out of the restaurant with…the staff members behind him.

She almost stopped to ask what was going on, but before she could, he’d wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her into a tight hug.

His kissed her on the side of her head then said by her ear, “You deserve all of this and more,” then he let her go and moved over by their fathers.

It wasn’t until she was left standing on her own that she realized quite the crowd had gathered.

Ethan and Zayne moved up beside her as herpèrewalked over toward the main window of the restaurant, and that was when she realized that she’d been so distracted by her family’s arrival that she hadn’t seen the black covering across it.

“Wait—what’s going on?” She looked over at the staff, worry stamped all over her face.

“Chloé.”Pèrereached up for the corner of the black material. “Tonight, we’re not only unveiling a new chef here at the restaurant, but a new name. Your fathers and I are proud to announce:JULIEN by Chloé Thornton-Priestley.”

As he pulled away the cover, Chloé’s breath left her. She took in the beautiful scrollwork that decorated the restaurant’s window.

It was everything she’d ever dreamed of as she looked around at the crowd of people she called family and saw them all smiling as they celebrated with her.

Then she zeroed in on Ethan and Zayne. Two men she never could have imagined, but who completed this dream.

They were her heart.

They were future.

And now that she’d found them, she planned to never let them go.