Waiting on Love (Love in Madelia Book 3) by Jessa Chase

Author:Jessa Chase [Chase, Jessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 6.

COLE

He’d arrived a few minutes before the diner opened for the morning and had been surprised to see the big, burly short-order cook, Enzo, opening up. The man had spoken less than three words to Cole, but seemed to know who he was and didn’t seem all that bothered by Cole’s appearance at the diner.

He’d tried initially to sit at the counter again, but Enzo less than subtly directed him toward one of the corner booths. Cole hadn’t seen a reason to argue, in fact after settling in with his papers and notebooks, he’d been grateful for the additional table-space.

His goal for the day was to try to finish up with his aunt’s books and see if what he’d dug up made any sense. He wanted a complete picture of the diner’s finances, and although it wasn’t exactly his strong suite, he felt like he was probably the best equipped to do the digging.

He’d done similar work at the accounting firm when he’d been an intern; combing through reams of documents and searching for that one line item that meant the difference between bankruptcy and solvency had interested him enough that he didn’t care that he wasn’t being paid.

Nowadays he had interns of his own doing that kind of work, so getting back to the grind actually sparked an interest in him that he hadn’t expected. He suspected that it had a little to do with his interest in helping his aunt, and a lot to do with his desire to be around Daisy.

Daisy. He sighed, just the thought of her name brought to mind an image of her instantly. She’d been so beautiful, so wild that night at the bar. He hadn’t known at the time why she’d ever even considered going back to the hotel with him, but he hadn’t wanted to question it at the time.

When he’d discovered that she was the Daisy he’d heard so much about from his aunt, he was ashamed that his first reaction had been to call her a gold-digger. He desperately wanted to make that up to her, and part of him was starting to hope that digging through these accounting books would reveal some way that Daisy could keep the diner running and turn a profit.

He was starting to think that it might be possible, if he could refinance the loan on the diner into something more manageable. At the moment, the payments were eating up all of the money that the diner brought in, and leaving his Aunt in the red each month.

Cole glanced out the booth window and saw Daisy walking hand-in-hand with her son down the street, approaching the diner. She looked tired, her hair a little less bouncy and her smile a little less bright. He hoped he wasn’t the cause of her exhaustion, but he had a feeling he had contributed to it somewhat.

They’d stayed up longer than he’d expected nearly every night, talking on the phone, but he wouldn’t have traded all the sleep in the world for the way she’d made him feel.

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