A Silver Cove Christmas by Jill Sanders

Author:Jill Sanders [Sanders, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942896906
Publisher: Grayton Press
Published: 2017-11-20T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

They walked to the store in the pouring rain after breakfast. Rory held a large umbrella so she wouldn’t get wet, even though he also had to hold his laptop case tight against him to keep it dry. One more great thing about the man. The last few men she’d dated hadn’t so much as opened a door, let alone carried an umbrella more than a dozen blocks for her.

As they walked, he couldn’t stop talking about how wonderful her blueberry rolls had been.

“I’m serious, you could sell those in stores and make millions.” He chuckled as he opened the store doors for her.

She walked past him and was too busy laughing to notice Joe until she bumped solidly into him.

His arms came up and took her shoulders, locking her close to his body.

“There you are.” Joe smiled down at her. “I was just talking about you to my new friends.” He moved and took her with him, turning their backs to Rory. She glanced back over her shoulder and watched as he stepped into the store behind them and set the umbrella down after shaking it off.

Crystal tried to break free, but Joe was moving towards the back of the store, holding her tight against his body.

“Joe… I…”

“This won’t take more than a minute,” he said, smiling down at her.

She wanted to break free and give Joe a piece of her mind, but she noticed three people standing near the back of the store watching them, and held off.

“See, here she is.” Joe beamed. “Crystal, this is the group of ladies I was telling you about a few months ago. The ones that want to talk to you about an investment into their business idea.”

Crystal looked at the three women and tried to be friendly, but Joe had never talked to her about an investment idea.

“Hello.” She smiled at the women. Most of them looked like they were fresh out of high school.

“What’s all this?” Rory said, coming up behind them. His eyes ran over Joe, his gaze stopping on Joe’s hands, which were still gripping her shoulders.

Joe dropped his hands immediately and took a small step backwards.

“I think we can handle this, it’s business,” Joe said, turning his back on Rory again.

“Currently, any new business Crystal gets into is my business.” Rory nodded to the women. “Maybe you can fill us in on what your proposal is?” He motioned towards the back office. “Crystal?” He let her lead the way.

Everyone stepped into Crystal’s office, and Joe began to speak. One look from Rory and he stopped.

Crystal moved behind her desk as Rory offered the women the other chairs in the office. “Please.” He motioned for them to begin.

“We’ve been coming to Joe’s class for a few months now,” the youngest of the three women began, her eyes darting back and forth between Joe and the other two ladies. “And we were chatting with him about starting our own salon.”

“You know, one of those full-service kinds. Tanning, hair, nails, you name it,” the blondest of the three girls chimed in.

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