Page 41 of Taming the CEO

"I see them." I carefully inspected the ones around them too. "I see two more that don’t look so good. I'll seal them, too, unless you have something against it."

"Oh no, by all means. Please do as much work as you want while I just stay down here and munch on cookies while looking at you.”

This woman is something else.

It had been years since I'd done anything like this. But as a kid, I'd completed a lot of manual tasks. If I was honest, I'd missed it. Being in an office all day made me restless. Maybe that was why I jumped at the opportunity to do something else, like coming out here and meeting with the construction guys.

Roughly thirty minutes later, I came back down the ladder. Cami had disappeared inside a while ago.

"You're done?" she asked through the open door.

I peeked inside, but I couldn't see much because it was dark. The place looked cramped. Not as bad as those tiny homes on HGTV, but it was small.

"Yes."

She rushed out with a tray. There was banana bread on it and two cups of tea.

"What's this?" I said, looking straight at her.

She held my gaze for a few seconds but then averted hers. A blush spread on her face. It was unlike any I'd ever seen, as if a million freckles appeared on her cheeks.

"I have zero food in the fridge. I was going to buy takeout for dinner this evening, but I always have banana bread. I actually made it for tomorrow morning."

"Cami, I don't want to eat the banana bread you prepared for your customers. I'm good. I'm going to head back to the city and have dinner."

But the second I said the words, I wanted to take them back. I wanted to stay here with her for a while longer.

"This will be just enough to keep you from getting hangry on the road," she said. "I'd ask you inside, but my place is a mess. I do one reset day a week."

"A what?"

She pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. “A day where I deep clean and rearrange everything. It’s the only way to keep the cabin organized.”

She headed to her porch swing and put the tray in the center. We sat on either side of it.

"Thanks for repairing the tiles."

"You're welcome," I said.

She slurped from her tea and took a bite from her banana bread. I did the same.

"I thought Gran was just looking for an excuse to call you when she mentioned that she wanted the recipe for banana bread, but I'm starting to understand why she wants it."

Cami laughed. "Why would you think she'd want an excuse to talk to me?"

"I'm not going to tell you right now. But I have a hunch."

She smiled. "I think it's very cute that you take her out for lunch."

"She told you that, huh?"

"Yes."

All right. My hint was correct.

Damn, Gran truly is taking her matchmaking seriously.

"Our grandparents are amazing people. It's an honor for my brothers and me to be able to take care of them."

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