Page 6 of Love Is Brewing

The place was massive and it was his.

A dream for years.

Thanks to his older brother, West, that dream became a reality. One that was making not only him extremely wealthy, but his brother who fronted the money for the business the same.

“What are you doing here?” he asked his brewmaster. “Did you even go home last night?”

“Nope,” Kyle said. “I knew last night there were going to be people that wouldn’t come in because of the weather. Those that are here are going to stay until the next crew comes in.”

“Thanks,” he said. “I was hoping I could convince some to do it, which is why I came in bearing food.”

Not as warm as he would have liked at this point since he’d been stopped at the light where a cute frustrated woman tapped his bumper.

Maybe he shouldn’t have flirted with her, but he’d been in a dry spell lately and his bumper was the only thing in his life that had been tapped.

“Smells good,” Kyle said. “I get dibs first.”

He handed the box over and then reached in to grab one of the egg sandwiches at random.

“I’m not sure what everything is,” he said. “I just ordered forty sandwiches and told them to put them in there randomly.”

“They must love seeing your truck coming,” Kyle said.

“In a town this size, they know me. There are only a few fast-food places around.”

Not that he ate at places like that often, but he was known for picking up large quantities of food for his staff who seemed to enjoy the free meals.

He’d rather cater food for them and did if he could plan it better.

But on a last minute snowy day, he wasn’t going to get breakfast any other way than what he’d just done.

“They appreciate the business just as much,” Kyle said. He opened one sandwich and took a bite.

“Got anything to report?” Elias asked.

“Nope,” Kyle said. “Things are still on track for Fierce to come this week, right? Just Mason and Ben?”

“As far as I know it’s only them,” he said. “I’ve got a call scheduled later today to verify. I want to make sure the place is as pristine as it can be.”

This was going to be huge for his business.

His first collaboration. Go big or go home.

No way he was going home.

That left only one other thing—going big!

The biggest brewery in North Carolina once he expanded.

But for now, he was going big with the first beer collaboration with Fierce Brewery.

“The mess from this storm isn’t helping any, but it will all be gone by this afternoon.”

“I’ve got maintenance working overtime,” he said. “You focus on those three brews to be ready. The rest is good to go.”

It was more about showing Mason Fierce and Ben Kelly his operation. He ran just as tight a ship as they did, although his business operated differently.

He was direct to customers. Fierce also did direct to customers, but the bulk of their business was retail stores and restaurants.

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