Holiday with a Twist by Shannon Stacey

Author:Shannon Stacey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

By Monday night’s dinner shift, Leigh had settled into the Center Street Pub routine, and Croy had settled into the routine of being able to take care of his customers and get his job done while watching her do her job.

“You know,” Lucas said from right behind him, “getting Leigh to pitch in was pretty brilliant, but it’s going to backfire if you’re not getting your shit done because you’re too busy watching her.”

Or he’d thought he was able to take care of things while watching her. “Don’t worry about my shit. You’re supposed to be helping out in the kitchen.”

“Jeff has a couple of damn good cooks back there. They don’t need me. Hell, I really don’t think they even need him.”

“That’s not a bad thing, especially considering everybody and their grandmother wants to eat here this week. And it allows us to remain somewhat calm, so Jeff doesn’t feel torn between us and his wife and baby.”

“Yeah. It’s nice to know he’s upstairs if we really need him, but we can leave him alone if it’s not urgent.”

Croy nodded, but his mind was once again on Leigh as he watched her greet a party of four in the foyer. While she wasn’t quite the extrovert his sister-in-law was, she was personable and didn’t seem to have any trouble with the customers. Jo and Deb both liked her, as did the kitchen staff. Even Dylan had remarked on how quickly she picked up on the job, and that kid barely noticed when his shoes were untied.

“She has some good ideas for marketing,” Lucas said.

“Who?”

“Oh, please. The woman you can’t stop staring at. She’s mentioned a few things we should be doing online and I think I’m going to ask her if we can sit down for a while during off time and go over a marketing plan.”

“She mentioned something about an app and checking in and... I don’t even know what she’s talking about.”

“Hell, I felt like figuring out Facebook advertising was going to kill me. But I guess there are a lot of apps for food and restaurants and, even though she didn’t work on the inside with those, she used them personally. She already knows more than we do, so you don’t mind if I try to set up a meeting with her?”

Croy frowned. “Why would I mind?”

He shrugged. “Because you’ve got a thing for her, but I’m single and better looking.”

“The hell you are. But I don’t care if you have a meeting with her because you’re not her type.”

“What’s her type?”

Croy grinned. “Me.”

Lucas shook his head and walked away as a couple came in and sat at the bar. Croy greeted them and, after setting coasters out, took their drink orders. The guy sitting next to them—one of the regulars—chatted them up and made some recommendations, which made Croy smile. Sometimes regulars could get a little territorial when a bunch of strangers started filling up an establishment, but their neighbors seemed as

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