Bulldog Burton and the Waitress: A Rags to Romance Book by Mallory Monroe

Author:Mallory Monroe [Monroe, Mallory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Austin Brook Publishing
Published: 2023-10-01T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

It might have been almost eleven that night, but when Ronnie drove up a long line of people were still waiting to get into the popular club. Shay thought that he would go somewhere else. Who wanted to wait in a line that long? But he got out of the car, opened the passenger door for her to get out, and handed his keys to the valet. And without so much as a who are you they were able to walk right past the long line and into that club without anybody even asking for ID. Shay looked back at the people in line. They were staring daggers back at her. But what could she do? It wasn’t on her name that got them in. She was with Ronnie Burton. She assumed that name carried some weight. And then they were escorted to a VIP table in the middle of it all.

Although the music was loud, it wasn’t outrageously so. People were able to communicate without screaming out conversations. Shay found that she liked the atmosphere in the place. It had been years since she’d been in a club. And she’d never been in one that upscale.

Ronnie pulled out her chair and pushed it in once she sat down. Then he sat down beside her. “You look fabulous by the way,” he said as he sat down. “Nice dress.”

“Thanks.” Shay wondered if he would find her too countrified for his taste. But apparently not, if the way his eyes kept looking down at that dress was any indication.

“That red brings out the gray in your eyes,” he added.

Shay didn’t know what to say to that. How red could “bring out” gray was a mystery to her, but she got his point. He liked what he saw. That was enough for her.

“You look nice too,” she said to him. And he did. He wore a pullover shirt with jeans and loafers. “You look different casually dressed.”

“Good different or bad different?” Ronnie asked her.

“Just different,” Shay said.

It was a country and western type club so she was getting a lot of music she’d never heard before. Or, in many instances, never wanted to hear again. But Ronnie was digging it as he poured champagne that the wait staff immediately brought over.

“You must come here a lot,” said Shay as he poured.

“Every now and then. The only thing I do a lot of is work.”

Shay held up her hand. “Same here.”

For some reason, Ronnie didn’t understand that. “Pretty lady like you?”

“I don’t know about all that, but I do know every grown woman has bills to pay, pretty or not. And I don’t just have myself to take care of.”

Ronnie stared at her. “Why did you do it? Your grandparents seem involved in your siblings’ lives. Why didn’t you let them shoulder that responsibility full time and you got them part time.”

“Truth is,” Shay said with a sad look in her eyes, “I kind of wish I would have done it that way.

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