Loving Callie: A Lucky Strike Lovers Novel (Lucky Strike Lovers Quartet) by Julia Jarrett

Author:Julia Jarrett [Jarrett, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2020-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

The day of the Portland Craft Beer Festival was sunny, but cold. October was ending and the leaves were glorious shades of red and orange as they fell from the trees and lined the streets with bright patches of color.

Jake zipped his leather jacket shut as he jogged up the path towards Callie’s door. He hadn’t seen her since she had come to the pub in the evening of the day she adopted Fred the cat and was blown away by how much he missed her. He was so wound up from not seeing her for a few days, he chose to walk the five or so miles to her house, in hopes of expending some of his pent-up energy. He knew neither of them would be driving after the festival, so there was no need for his truck. And, since neither one of them had to work that night, Jake hoped their date wouldn’t end until the next morning – if not later.

Callie opened her door and flung herself into his arms. She smelled like fresh air and sunshine, and her hair was as soft as silk as it cascaded over her shoulders. Jake wrapped his hands in it and pulled her face to his for a scorching kiss.

“Hey, Gorgeous. Damn did I ever miss you.”

Callie buried her face in Jake’s shoulder and soaked in his warmth. She responded with a voice muffled by his jacket, “I missed you too. I think I’m going crazy; I can’t stop thinking about you.”

Jake smiled tenderly at Callie and framed her face with his strong hands before he said, “Well, I am definitely going crazy thanks to you. You kept me up way too late last night, imagining everything I want to do with you. I almost wish we didn’t have plans today, because I want nothing more than to enact your third condition and carry you off to bed right now and keep you there forever.” He paused, with a teasing look of regret as he pulled away. “However, I did promise you restraint, and I really should go to this festival and scope out new breweries to feature at the pub.”

Callie laughed and poked him in his rock-hard abs as she replied, “I appreciate that you remember my conditions for accepting this date. I know I was promised good food and good beer, but when this festival is over, I absolutely expect you to deliver on condition number three.”

* * *

The festival was a sea of happy and relaxed people enjoying the best of Portland’s breweries. Callie and Jake wandered through the festival hand in hand, indulging in samples of all the unique craft beers and the food from popular food trucks stationed around. Callie watched as Jake networked with various breweries, and her admiration for his business sense grew. He seemed to instinctively know how to approach each potential partnership, and tailored his pitch, and his personal approach to each team. She noticed how he paid as much respect to the smaller breweries as he did to the more established name-brand companies.

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