The Patisserie Mysteries 4-Book Box Set Volume II by Harper Lin

Author:Harper Lin [Lin, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harper Lin Books

Chapter 3

After two weeks of being away from the Damour kitchen at 4 Place du Trocadéro, Clémence felt happy to be back. After greeting the staff, including the busy chefs and bakers in the kitchen, she settled in at the work table that she shared with Berenice and her brother Sebastien. Sebastien was Damour’s head baker, whom she often worked with to invent new dessert flavors.

He was working on a new madeleine flavor, Raspberry and Rose, when Clémence came in. Together, they worked on three separate batches to improve on the recipe until they decided that the third one was perfect.

Celine, one of the hostesses in the salon de thé, came in to chat during her break as they were indulging themselves with the new madeleines.

“Don’t mind if I do.” Celine took a warm madeleine and bit into it. “C’est très très bon.”

“Merci.” Sebastien looked a little too proud. “We’ve outdone ourselves. It’s not too fruity, with just a hint of the rose.”

“Hey, I forgot to tell you,” Celine said to Clémence. “When you were away, some of the stars from that Hollywood film, The Art of Amour, were here. Nicole Blake was here all the time, and so was Sarah Briar, although never together. They were shooting a lot in the neighborhood for about a week and a half. It was so exciting! I got to watch Zach film a kissing scene with Nicole outside La Coquette. Well, you know, it was before Nicole Blake died.”

“Oh, that’s right,” Berenice said. “The patisserie cashiers told me that a couple of crew members would come in and buy massive amounts of desserts and pastries to go for the set.”

“If I’d known,” Clémence said, “I would’ve offered to give them a special discount on catering on the set.”

“Well, they’ve already moved on to shooting scenes in other parts of the city,” Celine said. “I think they’re in Montmartre now. Too bad. Zach Brant is perfection.”

“Is that guy ever fully clothed in a movie?” Sebastien quipped.

“Pourquoi?” Clémence asked. “Are you only interested when he’s not?”

Sebastien snorted. “He played a gigolo in his last movie and walked around naked in ninety percent of the scenes. He’s not big because he can act, that’s for sure.”

“Oh please,” Berenice said. “As if women aren’t objectified in movies all the time. It’s refreshing for the girls to get some visual action for a change.”

“Hey, Zach Brant just broke up with that mousy actress,” Celine said. “He’s single again.”

“Are you going to stalk him until he notices you?” Clémence smiled.

“Oh, he already has. After one of his takes, we made eye contact. Like, full-on eye contact for at least three seconds. It was intense. But they kept asking him to redo the takes, and after he wrapped, the bodyguards ushered the crowd away, and the actors disappeared into a van. I saw him looking around before he ducked into the van, so he might’ve been looking for me.”

Sebastien laughed. “Eye contact? How far away were you? He was probably just staring into space and trying to remember his lines.

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