Desire (Venture Capitalist Book 3) by Ainsley St Claire

Author:Ainsley St Claire [St Claire, Ainsley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

We have dinner plans on property at The Restaurant at Meadowood. It’s a Michelin three-star-rated restaurant, which normally I would pass on—too expensive for one meal—but I want to splurge this weekend. Dinner will run over $500 a person. I normally don’t spend that kind of money on something as disposable as food, but it is my birthday, after all. Plus, as I turn another year older and my biological clock is ticking louder and louder each day, I can’t help but feel a bit heartbroken by Cameron. I would love to explore something with him, but my brief conversation with his dad still has him avoiding me.

The dining room’s a sophisticated barn of sorts, decked with polished stone tables, wood columns, and rural splendor. It makes for an elegant backdrop for romantic evenings for our girls’ weekend, as long as we don’t get too rowdy and interrupt the other patrons.

This is a serious restaurant for the true foody, and I’m in heaven. It doesn’t seat many people, which gives the impression of an intimate dinner. The maître d’ greets us by name as we arrive and shows us to a private dining room overlooking the courtyard lit by flame torches. As he holds my chair for me and then places the napkin on my lap, he says, “Happy birthday, Miss Hadlee. We are so pleased that you are sharing your birthday weekend with us. The chef has prepared a few surprises for you.”

The Restaurant at Meadowood offers a tasting menu or a regular one, which they call the “Counter Menu.” Tonight’s rack of lamb or the cod as the main course sound too good to pass up, so we all agree to go with the five-course meal on the tasting menu. CeCe has brought with her several bottles of various wines of Bellissima Valle’s reserved wine for us to enjoy with a corkage fee.

“Dillon is so jealous that we’re eating here,” Emerson exclaims. “We had such a great meal a few years ago at the French Laundry. I’m sure this will be at least as good.”

“I love them both equally,” CeCe confides.

As we enjoy our meals and rehash our day at the spa and touring Bellissima, I turn to Greer and ask, “So, what did you think of Andy?”

She grins wide and says, “There’s no doubt that he’s handsome.”

We all nod and talk about his dreamy chocolate-brown eyes, gorgeous dark hair, and the broad shoulders to match.

“But I don’t think he was interested in me.”

CeCe appears shocked. “What do you mean?”

“Remember that strange woman in the tasting room?”

We all nod and say in unison, “Yes.”

“Well, he was just as polite to her as he was with us.”

CeCe huffs. “I don’t know about that. He didn’t offer to show her the grounds.”

“CeCe, you have bought many cases of wine from him for your business, Emerson’s wedding, and yourself. You’re a good customer,” Greer implores. “He didn’t really talk to me. He was very good at flirting with all of us equally.

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