Mind by Audrey Carlan

Author:Audrey Carlan [Carlan, Audrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense, Literature & Fiction, Erotica, Romantic, Romance, Contemporary
Amazon: B013HHFBEW
Goodreads: 23608520
Publisher: Audrey Carlan
Published: 2014-12-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Gillian

Hollow is a little café not far from the Japanese Tea Garden. Twilight comes upon us at the tail end of our walk. Chase holds open the door of the quaint little eatery for me to enter. Cinnamon and rich coffee swirls heavily in the air, delighting the senses. I inhale deeply, taking it all in while closing my eyes. Chase squeezes my fingers and proceeds to the counter. He orders as I peruse the wares. A long antique looking sideboard displays an array of coffee and baking-related items for use in the kitchen. A small, metal robot-shaped infuser that holds tea catches my attention. It’s so wildly random that I pick up the little object and know instantly that I’m buying two of them for Chase and me. It will be a pleasant memory of this day. Stealthily, I grab two of the robots and hold them behind my back, right as Chase turns around.

“Shall we sit inside?”

I nod and let him proceed to the wrought iron table in front of me. With a quickness I wasn’t sure I had, I turned, went up to the cashier, and in two movements, had the robots on the counter and a couple of twenties pushing into the young boy’s hand. “Take it quick!” I say, clearly rushed. Casting a glance at Chase, he’s sitting with his arms crossed, a leg up over one knee shaking his head. I shrug and take the return change and the little bag before making my way over to a smirking Chase.

He taps a finger on the table and grins. “So, what’s in the bag, Sweetie?” he asks. It’s official. The use of every endearment known to man is a running game with him. I should start giving them back to him.

“Mementos of our day,” I pull out the two robot shaped tea infusers. A huge smile breaks across his face as he picks up one of them. It looks positively miniscule in his giant hand.

His brows crinkle as he turns the item over and around. “What is it?”

That’s when I start to laugh. “They’re tea infusers. See, you open it here,” I flick open the latch at the robot’s head and it opens perfectly in half. “Then you put the fresh tea in here, close it up and then drop it into a glass and pour your hot water in.”

He pulls up the little long, bendy arms with what look like washers that have been cut in half to mimic hands. “And these?”

I giggle then curve the arms up, rubbing my thumb along the indentation. “This part hooks onto the cup so it stays in and you can use the arms to pull it out when your tea is ready.”

“Huh, genius,” he says as if this is the first time he’s ever seen an infuser.

“I thought it would be nice to have something in our kitchen that’s from us. Me and you, and our time together.” I can feel my cheeks heat as embarrassment coats the moment.

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