Naughty Santa Daddy by Sapphire Knight

Author:Sapphire Knight [Sapphire Knight]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sapphire Knight
Published: 2024-12-03T00:00:00+00:00

Hadley

Silently, I look to the parking lot. Apparently, today is his day to be flashy. The shiny red Corvette can’t be missed. How he fits inside it is beyond me. I know Massimo Costa is well over six feet tall. How can a car that practically sits on the ground be comfortable for him?

I guess it’s fun to go fast. Who knows? It’s not something I can afford.

This isn’t his only car. He usually comes in one of those giant SUVs that’s all blacked out like he’s the damn president.

The way he carries himself is powerful, but he’s not a politician. I don’t know what he does. I only know his name because Gilbert told me. He’s a one-man show here at Clyde’s. He inherited the diner from his brother. It’s small, so there are a couple of servers, and he’s hiring a backup cook, but we don’t have one yet. The other servers are unreliable, which means most days it’s me and Gilbert handling it all. We don’t have huge rushes, but we do have our regulars.

Like Massimo Costa, who has become a regular coffee consumer in the last few months. I can’t remember exactly when he started his daily stops, but they don’t seem to be skipped over anymore. Why he comes here for coffee of all things piques my interest. The coffee is not anything more than a bulk can from the grocery store made in a commercial brewer. We don’t even offer flavored creamers.

The man is a mystery. An enigma. And my imagination runs wild with what’s behind his presence.

He has this fierce, pissed-off face at all times. His dark hair is beginning to show specks of gray. His beard is feathered with grays that only make his face more chiseled, if that is possible, considering it’s carved from granite. Every time I approach, his brows furrow, making his eyes have a deeper inset, leaving them looking almost black.

I wish I could say he’s ugly. Except he’s not.

He’s absolutely sexy in the way that will make your body hum while shattering your heart. No thank you. I don’t need a heartbreak. Life is hard enough on its own.

Granted, I shouldn’t admire him, even from afar.

First, he’s obviously old enough to be my dad.

Second, he’s clearly one angry man. Seriously, for months he has been coming in every freaking morning, it seems. He sits at the same back table, facing the door with a newspaper. It’s a diner, but does he eat? Nope. He gets coffee.

Black.

No cream.

No sugar.

Who does that? I’m sure coffee at home is easier.

And he tips!

I guess if you have money like he does, tossing a twenty-dollar bill down every morning for a two-dollar cup of coffee might be easy.

I wouldn’t know.

I’ve never had anything extra.

There’s only one glitch in the matrix.

Saturday and Sunday mornings, though, he’s here with his son, who orders chocolate chip pancakes with a side of seasonal fruit. (Which, if I’m being honest, is nothing more than strawberries, blueberries, and bananas, bought at the grocery store.

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