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“We’re doing great, thanks, Kade. It looks like you’re doing well today. You’re almost sold out.” Mitch says. I’m grateful he’s holding the conversation because I don’t trust my brain to string words together right now.
“I know, it’s been great. Lila’s back at the bakery working on another round. It should be here any minute. Can I get you anything from what I do have?”
“What do you want, babe?” Mitch turns to me.
I bite my lip between my teeth as I gaze up at him. I’ll never tire of him calling me that.
I draw my attention away from him, looking at the treats before me. I give Kade a friendly smile, ignoring the curious look on her face.
“I would love the pumpkin spice blondie, please.”
“Make that two, and a couple of the pumpkin S’more cookies,” Mitch adds.
“You got it.” Kade pulls out a small box and loads up our desserts.
I place my hand on his when he starts to pull cash out of his wallet. “You don’t have to buy me all of these.”
“I know, but I want to.” The sincere look on his face makes me drop my hand.
I watch as he hands Kade more than enough for the treats, telling her to keep the change. His kindness and generosity are just as much of a turn on to me as the growly, sexy side of him.
We walk over to a table with chairs set up for an eating area when Mitch hands me the box of treats. I put my cider down on the table, open the box, and grab the first blondie I see. Taking my first bite, I’m overwhelmed with the flavours of pumpkin, nutmeg, and cinnamon. The cream cheese icing on top is a nice bonus.
I look at Mitch, who hasn’t touched his own treats. Instead, he’s looking at me intensely, watching every movement of my mouth, trailing the lines of my throat as I swallow.
Heat rushes to my face, and throughout my body, as I watch him watch me.
Heaven help me, if we weren’t in the town square with half of Logan Creek around us, I feel like I’d be naked and underneath him right now.
He opens his mouth to say something, and I want to know what it is so freaking badly, as if his next words would be filled with all the secrets in the universe, but his words die in his throat as he digs into his pocket and pulls out his phone.
I can’t decipher the look on his face as he looks down at the screen.
“Is everything okay?”
He sighs. “Yup. Looks like I don’t need to come into the brewery until after the concert tonight.”
“What? Why? I mean, not that I wouldn’t love to watch the concert with you, but what changed?”
“Zach just texted. Word got out that we’re here together and he said not to come in until after it closes. He got someone to help him out until then. Not that he probably has a lot of customers since most of the town seems to be here right now.”
I can’t tell if he’s happy or upset about the change in his plan.
“Mitch, if you’d rather go to work…” I don’t want to say the words, but I don’t want to make him do something he doesn’t want to do, either.
“What? No. That’s not it. I just don’t like having everyone up in our business. That’s all.” He looks over my shoulder in the distance.
“It’s what happens in a small town.” I shrug my shoulders. “You get used to it.”
He gives me a quick nod before grabbing his blondie from the box, but I have a feeling he isn’t convinced.
I hope whatever happened with Zach isn’t going to turn him off of small town life.
20
MITCH
My phone keeps buzzing, but I’ve been reluctant to look at it again after the first round of nosy texts from the group chat I was added to today. Without permission. And now I’m inundated with the male gossip of my so-called friends.
