Lovestruck in Fortune's Bay: A Fortune's Bay Novella by Joslyn Westbrook

Author:Joslyn Westbrook [Westbrook, Joslyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fifth Avenue Publications
Published: 2018-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

Thirty minutes later, there they all were, Chloe, Dylan, Samantha, Liam, along with the Early Brew Crew, all coordinating, in a team-like manner, to get every window and door of the coffee shop boarded up. This wasn’t their first storm. They’d been through worse, and had a systematic routine each time.

“Do your customers always help board up the shop?” Chloe held up a thick piece of wood against a window while Dylan hammered away.

“Oh, you mean The Crew? Marge, Mitch, Hillary, and Dan are almost like family. Lifelong friends of my aunt and uncle.

“The ones who used to own this shop?”

“Yep.” He stepped back, surveyed the window. “Looks like we’re all done here. Let’s go check on the rest of the gang. Brew us all some coffee, have some muffins.”

“Apple pie muffins?”

It was a crazy kind of cute the way her face flushed and her eyes lit up, whenever she spoke about food, as if it brought her excitement. The sort of excitement he used to feel about a new photo venture. For a few seconds, he wondered how it would be to photograph her. That face. That smile. That body. Dylan had to get a grip, hold back yet another inclination to hook his arm around her waist, kiss those delicious-looking lips. “You sure are adorable, Chloe Davenport.” Way to go, smart guy. He didn’t mean for his mouth to spill out what he was thinking.

Chloe cupped her hands to her mouth and blew into them. “I haven’t been called adorable since I was like…five.” That half-smile she often sported—the one that made it hard for his heart not to beat faster—grew wider.

“I believe your sassiness is just as adorable.” He winked, held the door open, and motioned for her to walk back inside Destiny’s Brew.

With all the doors and windows boarded up, The Early Brew Crew, Samantha, and Liam were seated at the rectangular communal table, chatting away. “Why don’t you join them? I’ll bring us all coffee and muffins,” Dylan suggested to Chloe as he walked behind the counter.

Mitch waved a beckoning hand. “Yeah, come join us. We all missed you yesterday.”

From behind the counter, Dylan watched Chloe ease onto a stool and jump right into conversation with the group, as if she’d known them her entire life. And when the coffee was all brewed, he carried a carafe, cups, and a box of pastries to the table, sliding an apple pie muffin over to Chloe as he lowered himself onto the stool beside her. “Miss Davenport, your favorite.”

“Davenport?” Samantha’s face was all decked out in curiosity.

Oh, no. Did Dylan just blow Chloe’s cover? He tossed her an I’m sorry glance.

“Chloe Davenport?” Samantha shot up from her stool, face glittered with excitement.

Now everyone at the table had eyes set on Chloe, who sat there, hands wrapped around her coffee cup, mouth drawn in a hard line.

“Yep”—she dipped her head—“I’m Chloe Davenport.”

Samantha jumped up and down, let out a muffled screech. “Can I—can I hug you?”

Color—a wild pink—embedded Chloe’s cheeks.

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