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CHAPTER 47 — WHAT LILY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
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THE CEO'S LITTLE MATCHMAKERS CHAPTER 47 — WHAT LILY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
The peaceful rhythm of the normal day began to fracture as the shadows lengthened across the resort. It didn't break because of an external threat, but because of a tiny heart that didn't know how to carry its own fears. Throughout the late afternoon, two-year-old Lily had become entirely attached to Amelia's side. She didn't want to play with the blocks in the willow clubhouse, and she refused to let Emma lead her down to the bunny pens. Everywhere Amelia moved, the small patter of Lily's sneakers followed, her tiny fingers constantly gripping a fistful of Amelia's denim jeans. When Amelia sat down on the low porch step to sort through a basket of fresh mint leaves, Lily immediately scrambled up, burying her entire face into Amelia's lap, her small shoulders lifting in a heavy, silent sigh. Ethan watched from the doorway, a deep line forming between his sharp brows. He walked out onto the porch, dropping to one knee beside them. "Lily pad," he said gently, his low baritone
THE CEO'S LITTLE MATCHMAKERS CHAPTER 46 — THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH
The afternoon sun was beginning to cast a warm, golden glow across the resort grounds when Sarah walked out onto the back porch, a vintage polaroid camera dangling from her wrist. "The light is absolutely beautiful right now," Sarah called out, an affectionate smile softening her face as she looked at the four of them standing near the garden fence. "You are all covered in dirt, the kids are happy, and the lodge is perfectly framed in the background. We need to capture this. Let me take a picture." Amelia instantly hesitated, her fingers tightening around the edge of her canvas apron. A sudden wave of protective anxiety hit her chest. Taking a photograph felt so permanent, so official. She didn't want to create expectations for the children—or for herself—that the cruel corporate reality outside their valley might eventually shatter. "Sarah, I don't know... we're a bit of a mess right now. Maybe another time." "There is nothing wrong with preserving a happy moment, Amelia
THE CEO'S LITTLE MATCHMAKERS CHAPTER 45 — A NORMAL DAY
Amelia was determined to give the children a completely normal day. The financial spreadsheets, the property zoning maps, and the shadowy threat of Victoria Vance were locked inside the main office. Today, the only items on the agenda were sunshine, fresh valley air, and muddy hands. By mid-morning, the wide lawn of the resort was filled with the sounds of toddler laughter. Amelia knelt in the soft soil of the heirloom vegetable patch, a small trowel in her hand. Emma was fiercely focused on digging a crooked trench for carrot seeds, while Lily was contentedly sitting in the grass, using a small plastic watering can to drench a patch of clover. "Look, Lily! A giant wormy!" Emma shouted, pointing a dirty finger at the soil. Lily scrambled to her feet, her little sneakers squelching in the mud as she trotted over. She tilted her head, her dark curls bouncing as she studied the ground. "Wormy!" she babbled happily, clapping her sticky hands. "Hi, wormy!" Amelia laughed, a b
THE CEO'S LITTLE MATCHMAKERS CHAPTER 44 — THE GIRLS' SECRET CLUB
The adults remained gathered inside the library for most of the morning, leaving the rest of the lodge unusually quiet. Outside, beneath the shade of the old willow tree, Emma and Lily had decided they had waited long enough for the grown-ups to finish whispering. Three-year-old Emma marched determinedly past the weeping willow tree, dragging an old, colorful patchwork picnic blanket behind her. Two-year-old Lily trotted right behind her, her chubby hands firmly gripping the handle of a plastic bucket filled with assorted plastic building blocks. "We need a secret club, Lily," Emma announced, stopping near the low-hanging branches of the massive willow that swept all the way to the grass, creating a natural green curtain. "The big people are doing too much whispering in the office. They keep saying 'no, Emma, go play' and looking at papers. So we are having our own club." Lily dropped her bucket with a loud plastic thud and sat down cross-legged on the dirt, nodding with abs
THE CEO'S LITTLE MATCHMAKERS CHAPTER 43 — THE HIDDEN COMPARTMENT
The transition from the warm, vanilla-scented kitchen back to the main lodge lobby felt like stepping from summer into a freezing mountain fog. Ethan immediately took the county records file from Sarah's hands, his dark espresso eyes narrowing as he scanned the legal text. Marcus stood right beside him, holding a small flashlight. "That hole Sarah found isn't ordinary damage," Marcus explained, pointing toward the towering stone hearth at the center of the lobby. "Someone deliberately drilled through the old mortar and reached the hollow space behind the chimney. This section hasn't been used since the nineteen-eighties." Amelia stared at the hearth. "Someone was searching inside it." Marcus nodded. "Or someone was hiding something inside it." Ethan’s posture turned instantly to stone, his corporate authority flaring. "Vance, clear this section of the lodge," Ethan ordered. "Keep everyone away from the hearth until we know exactly what we're dealing with." His gaze ret
THE CEO'S LITTLE MATCHMAKERS CHAPTER 42 — KITCHEN RULES
The industrial kitchen of Willow Springs was a warm, flour-dusted haven that smelled of sweet vanilla and melting chocolate. It was the absolute antithesis of the cold corporate warfare waiting for them outside the door. Amelia stood by the central prep table, her fingers tying the strings of a clean canvas apron around her waist. Her cheeks still held the faint heat from Lily's innocent proclamation in the office. *Mommy.* The word had caught Amelia completely off guard. She still couldn't decide whether it had embarrassed her, touched her, or both. Ethan stood next to her, looking completely ridiculous and utterly captivating. He had rolled the sleeves of his crisp white shirt past his forearms, exposing the dark hair and the flashing silver watch on his wrist. Emma had insisted he wear a spare red chef's hat, which sat precariously on his perfectly styled dark hair. "You look like a man preparing to execute a hostile takeover of a bakery, Mr. Blackwood," Amelia teased,
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