Romancing the Flower Shop Girl: A Sweet Romantic Comedy by Angie Pepper

Author:Angie Pepper [Pepper, Angie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-01T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Luca arrived right on time for dinner.

This time, he’d followed Tina’s instructions and came around the side of the main house, right to her door.

He had flowers in his hands—a beautiful mixed flower arrangement, in a vase she recognized from her shop.

“You’re kidding,” she said, taking the flowers. He must have bought them on the way over, from her sister. Tina was surprised Megan hadn’t sent her one of her sassy text messages, taunting her about knowing something Tina didn’t know yet.

“Read the note,” Luca said, glancing around the house interior before turning his beautiful blue eyes back on her.

She yanked open the envelope and pulled out one of the standard cards from the shop.

The card was in her sister’s handwriting and read: SORRY I’M A JERK. - LUCA

Tina looked up, confused. Luca was grinning like crazy.

“I don’t get it,” she said.

“It’s a precautionary measure. I’ll probably do something hideous tonight.”

“Like what?”

“Well, I might look around your place and ask to see the rest of it. Then you’ll tell me this is all of it.” He whispered, “Is this all of it?”

“Oh, I have five more rooms here. They’re behind that door. Go have a look.” She pointed at the coat closet. “That might seem like the standard bi-fold door of a coat closet, but it leads to the other wing of the mansion.”

“I’ll have to check it out later.” He took the flowers and note from her hands and set them in the middle of the table. “Where is Muffins? I need to meet the famous Muffins after seeing so many pictures of him. Will he give me an autograph?”

“Muffins only stops by here when his dinner is late at the main house. He mostly lives over there, with my sister. The two of them have an intense relationship.”

“Does she dress him up in outfits?”

“No,” Tina said. “That might be why he likes her better.”

“Just so you know, I’m not one of those guys who hates cats,” Luca said. “I find them intriguing.”

“Good. Because if you were one of those cat-haters, it would be a deal breaker.”

“Phew. Glad I passed that test.” He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in for a kiss.

There was no one around to see them, and nowhere for Tina to escape. More importantly, she was ready to kiss him.

They kissed until she got dizzy and stumbled back, almost tipping them over.

Luca licked his lips, his gaze on her mouth. “Are you going to offer me some of that wine you’re drinking?”

“I’m afraid that particular wine is all gone. It went into the sauce. Most of it, anyway. But I have another bottle I can open.”

He reached into the bag he’d set down on arrival and handed her an unopened bottle. “Let’s try this one.”

“The bottle’s dusty.”

“It’s from my wine cellar.”

“You have a wine cellar?”

“It’s where all the trendy people keep their wine.”

She pointed to the closet door again. “I have a wine cellar, too. It’s right through that door, in the other wing.

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