Ice Cream Lover by Jackie Lau

Author:Jackie Lau
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: foodie romance, Asian romance, Asian hero, Canadian romance, humor, romantic comedy, Grumpy hero
Publisher: Jackie Lau Books
Published: 2019-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Chloe

I’m handing a bubble waffle with taro and ginger ice cream to a teenage couple when Drew walks into Ginger Scoops.

I can’t help smiling. I just saw him a few hours ago, but I’m so happy to see him again, and when I remember how he kissed his way down my body this morning, I can’t help a sharp intake of breath.

Drew is closely followed by an older East Asian couple and a woman in her thirties who’s holding Michelle’s hand. The older man bears a striking resemblance to Drew.

Wait a second. These must be his parents and sister.

He brought his family to see me? After one date?

What kind of man does that?

The sort of man who gets vilified in a book about ice cream sandwiches, apparently. I’d thought Lisa Mathieson’s comments about “Marvin Wong” being completely out of touch with other people’s feelings were an exaggeration, but a guy who brings his family to meet a woman after a first date seems pretty out of touch. I haven’t had a proper relationship in ages, and I’m not even sure what I want right now...and he’s springing a meet-the-parents situation on me?

Ugh.

I frown as he approaches the counter. I should try to be upbeat for his family, but I can’t manage it.

“I’m sorry,” he says. “My parents insisted on coming to meet you after Michelle told them about our date, and I couldn’t talk them out of it. Did you get my text?”

“No, I’ve been too busy to check my phone.”

He looks uncomfortable and apologetic.

Okay. I believe him.

After all, this doesn’t seem like the sort of thing Drew would do.

“Aren’t you going to introduce us?” his mom asks.

He sighs. “Mom and Dad, this is Chloe. Chloe, these are my parents, Lawrence and Carol, and my sister, Adrienne.”

“Uh. Hi. Nice to meet you,” I stammer.

“She looks young,” Carol says to Drew, then turns back to me. “How old are you?”

“Twenty-five?”

I don’t know why it comes out as a question. But I’m rather intimidated by his mother. She looks me over with assessing eyes, as though trying to decide whether I’m good enough for her precious son.

“See, Po Po?” Michelle says. “I told you she was really pretty.”

“Yes.” Carols sniffs. “And good hips for having children.”

My eyes bug out of my head.

This is too much, too soon.

“Actually, it’s the shape of the pelvis that matters,” Adrienne says, “and can you please not scare her?”

“I’m not scared?” I say, but it doesn’t sound convincing. At all.

“I will have a black coffee, as usual,” Drew says, as though trying to get the conversation back on track.

“Oh, come on,” Lawrence slaps him on the back. “Live a little. Try some ice cream.” He looks at me with a kind twinkle in his eye.

He must have been quite the charmer back in the day. He and Drew definitely look alike, but unlike Drew, Lawrence seems like the sort who smiles easily.

“Just the coffee,” Drew says.

“I’ll have a bubble waffle with ginger and passionfruit!” Michelle says.

“No, you will not,” Adrienne says.

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