Our Chance (Lake Placid Series Book 3) by Natalie Ann

Author:Natalie Ann [Ann, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-05T16:00:00+00:00

Trying to Help

Caleb was trying his damnedest not to grind his teeth. Wonderboy was doing his best to hit on Celeste every chance he had. If he wasn’t complimenting her on her cooking and hospitality, then he was flashing his ten-thousand-dollar teeth at her or bragging about his job.

Yep, a restaurant supply salesman no less. The guy made his living traveling around to tourist areas selling pots and pans and thought he was the shit with designer jeans and a knock-off three-hundred-dollar polo shirt with his rental BMW.

Didn’t he know most people could spot a poser a mile away? Sure, looking expensive made you seem like you did well as a salesman, and talking the talk helped, too. But not when it was forced or coated with candy either.

He was so happy when dinner was done and Celeste started to clear the table. The young couples continued to talk amongst themselves and he was thrilled they got the hint he wasn’t interested in the newest nature trail they were discussing.

Mr. Millennial, of course, just pushed back from his seat and got comfortable as Celeste did all the work. Screw that, he didn’t care if they were paying guests; the least they could do was offer to help her. Couldn’t they see she was a one-woman show?

All she did was wait on people hand and foot. Sure they said the food was great, but how hard was it to pick up their dish and bring it to the kitchen?

“Would anyone like some coffee while I clean up? Dessert will be a few minutes,” she said.

“I’d love a cup,” the poser said. “Do you have espresso?”

Of course he’d want espresso. Probably wanted a skinny latte as well.

“I do,” she said, the smile never leaving her face. Caleb didn’t know how she could be so cheerful to people all the time. “Would anyone else like one?”

“Just coffee for me,” one of the women said, the one who seemed the most enthusiastic over dessert. The other three declined, instead reaching for the pitcher of tea and helping themselves there. At least they didn’t ask Celeste to pour it for them.

Caleb stood up and grabbed his plate and the four plates belonging to the couples.

“What are you doing?” she asked him.

“Helping you clean up,” he pointed out reasonably.

“Don’t,” she said. “You’re a guest.”

He just walked right past her into the kitchen, then said, “I’m not a guest. You don’t have to wait on me.”

“Of course you’re a guest in my home,” she said, taking the dishes from his hand and putting them in the sink to rinse one by one.

“That doesn’t mean you should wait on me. Don’t you ever just get to relax? Do you always do this much work for each meal?”

It never occurred to him she worked this hard. He’d watched her cooking all by herself tonight, setting the table, bringing everything in, and then calling her guests to the table. He would have helped her if he’d realized it, but he was trying to keep an eye on Sparky in the yard.

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