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“Good morning. It’s been so long since I’ve seen you, I thought that I ought to stop by,” Luke teased.
“It has been forever. I almost forgot what your usual order was.”
“You know that I always order a salted caramel latte and a sugar free muffin,” Luke joked.
“Be careful. I might just make that for you.”
“I had a great time yesterday.”
“Me, too, although I have to admit that I’m a little sore today. It was hard trying to keep up with your long strides. You have those long legs and I have shorter ones,” Jamie said. “What are you, six five to my five four?”
Luke laughed and said, “You exaggerate. I’m only six three.”
Jamie handed him his coffee and said, “It’s on me this morning, since I kept you up all night.”
He dropped a kiss on her cheek and said, “See you soon.”
Clara was grinning ear to ear.
“You two are so adorable,” she said.
“I didn’t give you this much grief when you and Dillon were kanoodling,” Jamie said, laughing.
“What in the world is kanoodling?”
“You know -- what you do before you finally get married.”
Jamie realized what she said as soon as the words came out of her mouth. She held up her finger and said, “Don’t even go there.”
Clara pinched her lips together with her fingers and walked away.
Jamie’s good mood lasted for about another hour. Then, the bell on the front door jingled. Jamie looked up, never knowing if good or bad energy was going to blow in.
She groaned loudly when she saw Ryan.
“What are you doing here?” she asked.
“Is that how you greet all of your customers?” he asked.
“You aren’t a customer,” Jamie said
“I am, too. I would like a large cappuccino and two slices of banana nut bread.”
Wordlessly, Jamie grabbed the bread while Clara made the drink. Jamie put them on the counter and told him his total.
Ryan paid with a hundred dollar bill and told Jamie to keep the change as a tip.
“Thank you and have a nice day,” Jamie said, starting to turn away.
He reached across the counter and grabbed her arm.
“Don’t be that way,” he said.
Jamie yanked her arm out of his grasp and said, “Don’t ever touch me again.”
“Come on, Jamie. Give me a chance. I know that you still have feelings for me. I’m sorry for hurting you. We can work things out.”
“In order of your statements – No. I feel nothing for you. I don’t care. No, we can’t.”
