The Cowboy Earns a Bride (Cowboys of Chance Creek Book 8) by Cora Seton

Author:Cora Seton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Cowboys
ISBN: 9781927036655
Publisher: One Acre Press
Published: 2014-09-22T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Twelve

“ARE YOU READY for this?” Mia asked Fila two days later. They stood behind the counter of Fila’s Familia, where Mia would soon take orders and run the till. The restaurant was due to open in twenty minutes and already a line of their friends and family snaked down the block.

“I think so,” Fila said, but she didn’t sound too certain. “I’d better get back in the kitchen. I can’t believe how many people are waiting. What if they don’t like the food?”

“Are you kidding? They’ll love it! Don’t you remember our test run?” Mia gave her friend a tight hug then spun her around toward the kitchen. “Get back to cooking—I have a feeling we’ll go through everything we have available tonight.”

“Don’t say that,” Camila cried from the kitchen where she was busily prepping enchilada fixings. “I don’t know what we’ll do if we run out of food!”

“Close down, silly.” Mia laughed at Camila’s horrified expression and moved back to her place behind the till. Twenty minutes later, her hands were damp with sweat, though, when she unlocked the doors and ushered the first customers in. What if she messed up the till? Or couldn’t keep up with orders? What if she ran out of change?

She took a deep breath, smiled at Morgan and Rob and said, “Welcome to Fila’s Familia! What can I get you?”

Four hours later, she thought her feet would fall off they ached so badly. She hadn’t sat down once, nor had she had a chance to take so much as a bite of food. The restaurant was still packed because some of the guests who’d eaten early and gone home had come back to celebrate the end of the first night. Starting tomorrow, the restaurant would be open from eleven in the morning to nine at night. Mia was glad they’d only started with dinner today. She didn’t know how she’d last through a full shift tomorrow.

“How are you holding up?”

She hadn’t noticed Luke standing in line, but then she could barely keep up with the whirlwind of orders the customers ahead of him had thrown at her. A large party of cowboys had just come through the line, back from some event somewhere. They had each ordered multiple entrees, as if they were cramming in calories before a fast.

“I’m doing okay. Tired.”

“You shouldn’t work so hard.”

Mia laughed. “This is nothing. I’ve got longer days ahead of me—but that’s all right. I’m strong.”

“Here. I got this for you.” He handed her a green striped gift bag with yellow tissue paper poking out the top.

“I don’t think I’m supposed to stop working.”

“It’ll just take a minute. Open it up.”

She did, and found a small, plush teddy bear inside. A green ribbon around its neck held a card. When she opened it, she found an invitation to a private viewing. The address listed was Luke’s cabin on the Double-Bar-K.

“A private viewing?” she whispered, scandalized that Luke was propositioning her right here in line.

“It ain’t what you think.

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