Remember When: A Valentine's Day Second Chance Contemporary Romance Collection by Mackenzie Zanna

Author:Mackenzie, Zanna [Mackenzie, Zanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

Faith positioned herself at her favourite table in the window of the Coffee Pot; from here she could see out into the village. Across the road the pale stone cottages seemed to tumble down the hillside towards the stream. After last night’s heavy rain she could hear the roar of water as it pushed its way from the hills down towards the rivers. Depending on the season and the weather, sometimes the stream was a trickle. Sometimes, like now, it was a raging torrent.

Enough of the scenery-watching, she told herself, time to get down to some work. Today was cash-and-carry day. She stared at the order form on the table in front of her. It was the same one they always used; carefully planned, typed up and printed off on her computer. Filling in the form was usually a straightforward process – check the stockroom, see what was needed, transfer her notes onto the form. Easy. Today, though, her brain didn’t seem keen on following through on the usual process. Instead it kept wandering back to last night and the Tourism Association meeting. It hadn’t been an unusual or particularly memorable meeting – other than the arrival of Zane Ferguson.

It was a terrible cliché but she couldn’t stop thinking about him. She’d only just met the guy. It was ridiculous.

Tom, who ran one of the pubs in town, waved at her as he walked past on his way to work. When he’d first arrived in Carleton years ago Sophie had put her matchmaking hat on, getting ideas about him and Faith getting together. Faith hadn’t been keen on the idea of dating anyone at the time; she’d been going through another one of her all-men-are-trouble phases. But it had soon become apparent that Tom was spoken for anyway, much to her relief.

It wasn’t that Faith actively avoided dating and relationships. She’d gone out with men since the whole thing with Aaron. Of course she had; that had all happened years and years ago. There just hadn’t been anyone serious since then. OK, she still had her guard up to some extent, thanks to the way things had ended with him. That, she admitted to herself, didn’t help matters.

Aaron. They’d been childhood sweethearts and had spent ages making great plans for the future.

Then suddenly it was all gone. Just like that.

Right. Back to work. Picking up a pen, determined to focus and get the job done this time, Faith began ticking boxes on the order form. Pausing to sip her coffee, she glanced up – and saw him. Parking his burgundy 4x4 across the road from the café, he jumped out and headed for the Coffee Pot.

Great. Just what she needed to help with the concentration levels.

“Hi, Faith.”

Pushing aside the still uncompleted paperwork, Faith smiled and got to her feet. “Zane, lovely to see you again. What can I get you?”

“Black coffee would be good thanks.”

He followed her to the counter, hopping on to one of the tall stools as she prepared his drink.

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