Caffeine Kisses & Winter Wishes (The Coffee Loft Series) by Audrey Carnes
Author:Audrey Carnes [Carnes, Audrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-06T00:00:00+00:00
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Drew
âWhat are those?â Phoebe asks, pointing at the boxes in my arms as she opens the door to the hotel suite. She steps back to let me pass.
âPastries. Delicious ones. You should try the cheddar bacon scone. It will change your life.â
Tinkerbell runs over to me, sniffing my legs and making cute little yips.
Phoebe doesnât laugh. âIâve never seen you bring treats to a meeting before.â
I shrug, placing the boxes on the table. I open one and grab a piece of cheddar bacon scone, then kneel down to feed it to Tinkerbell. She does a happy dance, spinning around on her hind legs. âMaybe itâs time for a change.â
âYou think the board meeting where you oust your father from his company is the time for that change?â She looks like she bit into a sour lemon.
âWhy not? Maybe it will help soften the blow.â I grab a toy to play with Tinkerbell, tossing it so that she can retrieve it.
âI doubt that.â
âYou might feel differently after youâve had a scone. Just look how happy itâs made Tinkerbell.â
She eyes me. âWhatâs up with you? Youâre acting strangely.â
Iâve been trying to listen to what I think my mother would tell me, and the answer hasnât been easy or obvious. I took some time and space this past week, and all Iâve achieved is a lack of sleep. âCheer up. Weâre about to finally accomplish a huge step forward.â
âAnd do I spy the certain logo of a certain coffee shop of a certain pink-haired proprietor?â Phoebe asks, peering at the boxes.
âMaybe.â I step in front of them, as if that could shield them from her.
âSo, youâre not only helping her plan a protest against yourself, but youâre also apparently increasing her revenue for the month. Not only that, but I received a list of demands from her just a moment ago and Iâm guessing you had a hand in that as well.â
âGood,â I say, fishing out my phone. âForward it to my email.â Iâm rather excited to see what she came up withâand even more excited to hopefully accept her terms. If I can show her Iâm actually a good guy, maybe she wonât be so mad at me when she finds out my real identity.
âFair warning that there are some doozies in there. Something about Taco Tuesday with free margaritas every week.â
I chuckle, guessing that came from one of the tenants whoâs trying to give me a hard time. Now that I had met them all, I can see that they werenât really a bad bunch.
Phoebe shakes her head. âYou have an odd way of launching an attack.â
I play with Tinkerbell to avoid looking at her. If listening to my motherâs voice has given me any insight, itâs that whatever path I choose, it absolutely canât result in harm to Kayla. âIâm not launching an attack anymore.â
Her reaction is exactly as expected. âOh, really? Whatever happened to her being an annoyance? To doing whatever it took to get her on your side? You know, honey or the stick,â she says, her voice dropping an octave lower to parrot mine.
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