Page 88 of Don't Fall for the Billionaire
“Give me a medium pumpkin spice then. Charlie?” I glanced at him.
“I’ll try the cinnamon bun,” he said.
As soon as she handed me my coffee, I took a sip and was pleasantly surprised by the taste. Stopping, I turned around and picked up a bag of beans.
“If I recall, you don’t have a coffee machine for that bag of coffee. You only have a Nespresso.”
“Then I’ll buy one.” I smiled.
“This is pretty good. Lead the way to Charlotte’s booth. I want to check out her pies.”
Eloise ran ahead of us to Charlotte’s booth, which had about fifteen people standing in line.
“Damn. Look at that,” Charlie said. “You don’t think she’s sold out already, do you? I’ll be pissed.”
“If she is, she’ll make you one.”
After the crowd was taken care of and people walked away with their pies, Charlie and I stepped forward.
“Hey, Charlie.” Charlotte smiled. “How are you?”
“I’m good, Charlotte. Wow. You look beautiful.”
I hooked my arm around him and squeezed his neck.
“You’re so sweet. Thank you.”
“Try this.” I handed Charlotte my coffee.
She took a sip, and her eyes lit up. “Oh my God. This is amazing.”
“I bought a bag of beans.” I grinned, holding up the bag.
“You actually bought pumpkin spice coffee?”
“Tis the season, right?” I winked.
“One problem. We don’t have a coffee machine for those beans. We only have the Nespresso.”
“After we leave the festival, we’ll stop at William Sonoma and pick one up.”
“Eloise!” Someone from behind screeched.
“Kelsey!” She ran over and hugged her.
“Hello, Ashton.”
“Paul. Katrina. It’s good to see you.” I smiled. “Enjoying the festival?”
“I will be as soon as I buy one of Charlotte’s pies. That apple raisin I bought at the school fundraiser was out of this world. Before I talk to Charlotte, we were wondering if Eloise would like to spend the night tonight. Kelsey has been bugging me nonstop for the last two weeks. Unfortunately, we’ve been unavailable, but this weekend we’re free as birds. We wanted to take the girls to Coney Island tomorrow.”
“I’m sure Eloise would love that. I don’t have a problem with it, but you’d better check with Charlotte. I’m not sure if she was going to practice their dance routine for the talent show tomorrow or not.”
“I heard that, and it’s fine. Eloise can go.” Charlotte grinned.
“If it’s not a problem, we can take Eloise home to pack a bag on the way to our house. We’re getting ready to leave. Charlotte’s pies are our last stop.”
“That’s fine.” I pulled out my keys and took the one to the house off. “Here’s the key. Just leave it under the mat on the porch.”
