I Hate, I Bake, and I Don’t Date! by Alina Jacobs

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Beck

“Ihear the big adoption day is coming up,” Owen told me.

“Yes,” I said. “Tess wants to have a party. I suppose you’re invited, though she wants to bring my entire family.”

“Wow, has she met your entire family?”

“No,” I said with a grimace. “And I was hoping to keep it that way for a little while longer. Like maybe after I proposed.”

“Look at you growing up!” Walker joked, sticking his head in Owen’s office because my younger brother had nothing better to do than harass me.

“Walker, you have to keep this a secret,” I warned him.