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boom this year,” Mark added. “Don’t feel like you have to get hitched to teach him a lesson. He was pulling at straws.”
    “Naw, I’m not feeling pressure. I’m actually enjoying myself. Sarah is a great girl, and my leopard likes her a lot. I think we could have something.”
    “Congratulations, man.” Matt gave him an impromptu hug. “Enjoy it while you can. It’s a crazy ride in the beginning.”
    “I’ll try.” Kai smiled. “I’ll send out an email tonight and you guys can add whomever.”
    Matt nodded. “Will do. Have a great night, man.”
    Kai left the restaurant feeling great. Things were going sideways with his son but he was confident they would turn around. He had a whole community to stand with him. And he had a great relationship starting. He should have taken Olivia up on her offer sooner. Life was better when you were with LK!

Five
    “They’re filming a new ad, did you hear?” Reba asked Sarah.
    “No. Makes sense. It was a very popular ad, from what I hear.”
    They were in the shop. Pete was making a late lunch order in back and Reba was pressing Sarah for more details about her date—but Reba was using the most roundabout method to go about it.
    “It was. Maybe you’ll be able to be in this one?” Reba asked.
    “I doubt it. I’m not an LK Bride with a cute little shifter baby.”
    Sarah had heard all about the very successful advertising campaign featuring the couples in town. She’d even seen a few when it was popular to share clips on social media. Those babies had been everywhere for a few months in the spring. It was going to be even more popular this time around. Sarah had seen a few of the cute little babies that had been born this year. The ones from last year had gotten a little bigger too.
    There was no way they wouldn’t all make a huge splash. Her biological clock ticked a little louder every time she saw one of those little cherubs. It seemed like a baby was the hot new accessory in Sunset Falls for the year. Everywhere she turned, there was a new adorable little baby. The oldest toddler from the ad from last year had come in with his mother earlier. It had prompted this new line of questioning from Reba.
    “But you don’t think you could be an LK Bride in the future? That would be a great ad. You’re just engaged this year and they come back next year and you have a baby. That would be so good. It would be an instant hit.”
    “Pretty sure that if I marry Kai, I’ll have a kid right away. Not a cute little baby but an almost full-grown child.”
    “You don’t seem to like KJ very much. I don’t know what he said to you on the bench outside, but he’s actually a great kid. I think you two would get on great.”
    “Stop pushing her to get married.” Pete put the lunch order on the counter to wait for pickup. “If she doesn’t like him, she doesn’t like him. Let her go back to Australia and find her own happiness.”
    If only it were that easy. Sarah was still struggling with the decisions in front of her. She was trying not to think about any of them and enjoy her vacation. There were moments when she deeply regretted signing up with Olivia while she was on holiday, but another part of her wanted to go all in with this mail-order bride thing—the part of her that loved historical romances filled with adventure and sweet love stories. That part of her wanted to pack all her bags and dive headfirst into the new romance. The trouble was, she had no idea which side was going to win out.
    “Speak of the devil.” Pete looked at the name on the front of the pick-up order. “Kid used a fake name but came in to pick it up himself. He clearly isn’t a professional school skipper.”
    Sarah watched KJ freeze in the doorway when he saw her sitting in the restaurant. She sighed. “No need to stop. You’ve already left school and I’ve seen you. No taking any of it back now.”
    He went and paid for his food, then sat down in the seat across from her. “I