California Dreamin' 3 - Saving the Secret Prince by Canary Kristin
Author:Canary, Kristin [Canary, Kristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B098KV4465
Publisher: Dreaming of You Press
Published: 2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00
Chapter 9
Itâs been five days since Topher and Frederick dropped me off at my front door after the parade, and I havenât heard a word from them since. Not that I care about hearing from Frederickâheâs a nice enough guy.
But Topher ⦠I thought we had at least the spark of something starting.
âLauren, Iâve never met anyone quite like you.â
âIf I were any other man â¦â
Why would he say those things unless he felt something for me?
âWe just ⦠wouldnât be a good fit. We want different things.â
That seems like a paltry excuse. Maybe he doesnât think his family would approve of me. Theyâre dignified and Iâm definitely not. They run an impressive corporation and I ⦠well, Iâm standing here alongside Kayla making my hundredth americano for the day, a stained apron around my neck and a pair of worn Chuck Taylors on my feet.
Itâs almost the end of my six-hour shift, and Iâve grown immune to the pep that the scent of ground coffee beans usually infuses into me. The whirr of the grinder at least has the decency to drown out my thoughtsâand the impatient huffing of a twenty-something Little Miss Thang in her leopard-print fur jacket and tight jeans whoâs looking at her pink-bedazzled phone and smacking on some gum.
âIs my coffee ready yet?â she whines.
The trusty old grinder has failed me. That, or she has an extraordinarily high-pitched voice. I turn and force a smile. âAlmost!â
âUnbelievable. Iâve been waiting for, like, twenty minutes.â
âItâs been five,â I snap. âFive minutes.â And that is actually on the longer side of what any customer has to wait around here, and only because the line has been out the door all day long. Iâm not sure what it is about the Friday before all the schools go on Christmas break, but the whole city has seemed extra crowded and busy wherever I go.
âHey. You canât be rude to me like that. Iâm the customer.â
I really, really want to take this coffee and show her what I think about her customer-ness, but instead I grit my teeth and slide the coffee across the bar. âHere.â
âYou can bet with this level of service, I wonât be back,â the woman practically screeches. Then she turns on a heel and leaves.
âArgh,â I growl as I turn to Kayla, who has just finished serving an elderly coupleâblessedly the last ones in what has been a never-ending line. âWhy are some people such jerks?â
âRight? Itâs been a day.â
âHowâs it going out here?â And that would be Josh, Kaylaâs husband and the Java Awakening manager, coming through the swinging door that leads to the kitchen. Heâs wearing his usualâa Star Wars Whoâs Your Daddy? T-shirt, a long-sleeved flannel over top, and thick-rimmed glasses. A beanie covers his brown hair.
âNothing we canât handle, Solo.â Kayla winks at him.
âI donât doubt it for a moment, Leia.â Chuckling, Josh approaches, his eyes never leaving his wifeâs. Heâs looking at her like sheâs a freaking goddess and heâs her most faithful worshiper.
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