Chapter 5

Caleb leaned his head against The Rise and Shine’s brick wall and restrained himself from banging his head against said wall. It would certainly be less painful than whatever it was he was doing with Megan Flannigan.

It’d been two weeks since the robbery, and although there had yet to be any real leads as to the perpetrator, Caleb was still tasked with watching the bakery and the surrounding businesses. They had gotten more than one tip of another possible robbery in the vicinity, and as a result, Caleb’s presence was supposed to deter any more crime occurring.

So he told himself. He rather felt like he was like some guardian angel, except the woman he was watching wanted nothing to do with him.

He let out a breath. It was his own fault, really. He and Megan had always been at odds—even when they’d been kissing.

Now he really wanted to bang his head against the wall.

He’d rejected Megan when she’d tried to kiss him after he’d arrested her. He had to: she was underage—albeit a mont