Eden wound up the towel in a threat to pop Maeve again if she didn’t comply with her instructions to go ruin their friend’s fun. “Go, hurry!” She was giggling and shoving Maeve through the door. She closed it again behind Maeve and watched the encounter through the window.
Certainly she would get the play-by-play from Maeve later. For the moment she was content to observe the body language. Maeve’s obvious exasperation. She seemed to speak to Julianna as if she were an unruly toddler. Julianna deflated quickly. A popped balloon. She’d been all full of whatever hot air he’d blown into her head. Eden tsked to herself.
Maeve was working on the display case and Julianna was coming through the back. Eden moved out of her way but pursed her lips and arched an eyebrow at her. Extra emphasis that she’d been a very bad girl and they all knew it.
Eden smirked to herself and sashayed her way out to the front of the shop. She hovered around waiting for their blonde guest to finish his meal so she could pounce on the dishes. And pounce she did, flouncing her way over to him.
She picked up the plate and crumpled receipt before asking, “All finished? How was everything?”
In a rush to save the precious receipt, he shoved his headphones down around his shoulders, “I was - uh -” he stared at the empty plate and balled up paper before glancing up to the server who looked as if she were waiting for an explanation for his behavior.
Owen didn’t know what was in the gaze she fixed him with but he stuttered out, “It was - good - very good. Thanks.” And he pushed his empty coffee mug at her too before replacing the headphones over his ears signaling he wanted to be left alone to work.
Eden snatched up the cup and smiled down at him. “Good. Let us know if you need anything else.” And she flounced away again.
She dumped the dishes into a plastic bin with some other glassware waiting to be washed before picking up that crumpled receipt. She positioned her back to the blonde man and flattened out the receipt, gasping when she saw Julianna’s phone number scrawled across the bottom. She snapped her fingers urgently at Maeve to get her attention and jerked her head at the receipt on the counter.
Harrison found his attention captured and craned his neck to see what the fuss was about. “What’s that?”
“Nothing!” Eden moved to block his view. “Go … wash the dishes or something.” She ordered snapping her fingers at him now to chase the annoying teen away.
“Whatever.” Harrison muttered. He’d seen what he needed to see. The phone number. He brought bin of dishes to the back but stopped to liveblog the developments first. He reblogged his original post and added:
SHE WROTE HER NUMBER ON HIS RECEIPT. I REPEAT: HER MARRIED NUMBER HAS BEEN GIVEN TO BLONDE GUY.
Unbeknownst to Owen, he had stirred up quite the drama at Dolce. He continued with his work oblivious to the fact of his apparently tumultuous presence.
It was only Julianna’s text that distracted him. Got him smiling at his phone like an idiot.
He sent her a string of text messages one by one:
>The honor is mine.
>so
>tell me something
>when do I get my date?
>also
>wouldn’t it be a little weird for me to go and buy you coffee at a place that isn’t Dolce? Wouldn’t we be bolstering Dolce’s competition?
>so I'm thinking maybe wine is more appropriate.
>and jazz
>do you like wine and jazz?
>seems like something you need to come discuss with me, if you aren't busy right now
Certainly she would get the play-by-play from Maeve later. For the moment she was content to observe the body language. Maeve’s obvious exasperation. She seemed to speak to Julianna as if she were an unruly toddler. Julianna deflated quickly. A popped balloon. She’d been all full of whatever hot air he’d blown into her head. Eden tsked to herself.
Maeve was working on the display case and Julianna was coming through the back. Eden moved out of her way but pursed her lips and arched an eyebrow at her. Extra emphasis that she’d been a very bad girl and they all knew it.
Eden smirked to herself and sashayed her way out to the front of the shop. She hovered around waiting for their blonde guest to finish his meal so she could pounce on the dishes. And pounce she did, flouncing her way over to him.
She picked up the plate and crumpled receipt before asking, “All finished? How was everything?”
In a rush to save the precious receipt, he shoved his headphones down around his shoulders, “I was - uh -” he stared at the empty plate and balled up paper before glancing up to the server who looked as if she were waiting for an explanation for his behavior.
Owen didn’t know what was in the gaze she fixed him with but he stuttered out, “It was - good - very good. Thanks.” And he pushed his empty coffee mug at her too before replacing the headphones over his ears signaling he wanted to be left alone to work.
Eden snatched up the cup and smiled down at him. “Good. Let us know if you need anything else.” And she flounced away again.
She dumped the dishes into a plastic bin with some other glassware waiting to be washed before picking up that crumpled receipt. She positioned her back to the blonde man and flattened out the receipt, gasping when she saw Julianna’s phone number scrawled across the bottom. She snapped her fingers urgently at Maeve to get her attention and jerked her head at the receipt on the counter.
Harrison found his attention captured and craned his neck to see what the fuss was about. “What’s that?”
“Nothing!” Eden moved to block his view. “Go … wash the dishes or something.” She ordered snapping her fingers at him now to chase the annoying teen away.
“Whatever.” Harrison muttered. He’d seen what he needed to see. The phone number. He brought bin of dishes to the back but stopped to liveblog the developments first. He reblogged his original post and added:
SHE WROTE HER NUMBER ON HIS RECEIPT. I REPEAT: HER MARRIED NUMBER HAS BEEN GIVEN TO BLONDE GUY.
Unbeknownst to Owen, he had stirred up quite the drama at Dolce. He continued with his work oblivious to the fact of his apparently tumultuous presence.
It was only Julianna’s text that distracted him. Got him smiling at his phone like an idiot.
He sent her a string of text messages one by one:
>The honor is mine.
>so
>tell me something
>when do I get my date?
>also
>wouldn’t it be a little weird for me to go and buy you coffee at a place that isn’t Dolce? Wouldn’t we be bolstering Dolce’s competition?
>so I'm thinking maybe wine is more appropriate.
>and jazz
>do you like wine and jazz?
>seems like something you need to come discuss with me, if you aren't busy right now
Bitch, I'm limited edition.
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