“Men only,” I said.
“Obviously,” she agreed.
Oh lord. What had I gotten myself into?
Chapter 15
Millie
I’d never seen Ashton so mad. I mean, I knew he wasn’t going to be thrilled when he learned what his grandma did, but he waslivid. It soured whatever had started between us and now things were just awkward. The one saving grace was that Julie was here and she’d brought a ton of my stuff.
“Girl, he iswayhotter than I expected. That should be illegal,” she commented over my shoulder as I cooked up pancakes and omelets in the kitchen.
We’d gotten back yesterday and I told Julie everything. Like … everything. She was shocked I’d slept with him, but understood once she met him and saw how good looking he was. Today was the first day I’d introduced the new menu, and the few regulars we had were ordering up a storm.
“I know, right?” I laughed. Ashton and I had chemistry, that’s for sure, and her comment made me feel better. I was attracted to Ashton because he was hot, not because he had Colin’s heart … right?
As if he knew we were talking about him, Ashton peeked his head in the window. “Can you believe these idiots are paying nine dollars for avocado toast?” He laid an order on the counter and Julie grabbed it, slipping it in front of me.
I glared at him. “Stop calling the customers idiots. And don’t forget we have wait staff interviews at noon.”
He frowned. “Shouldn’t we wait until we make money before we hire people?”
I flipped the pancake and shot him another glare. “We have five hundred RSVPs for Saturday night, Ashton. You gonna serve all those drinks yourself?”
He crossed his arms, making his muscles pop. “Thosefreedrinks? Yes, Princess. Yes, I am. If I’m giving booze away, they can wait in line.”
I growled and Ashton glared at me. Julie watched us both with fascination and then raised her hand. “I can help out Saturday. My plane doesn’t leave until Sunday morning anyway.”
Ashton clapped his hands together. “There we have it! Thank you, Julie!” And he turned and left before I could explain further.
Ugh. Arrogant ass. I was still going to interview them, because if my plan went as well as I hoped, then we were going to need fulltime help from now on.
“Wow, girl.” Julie chuckled.
“What?” I looked back at my best friend.
“You guys are … explosive. The sex must have been amazing.”
I grinned. “It was.”
And then reality hit and I was back to having to deal with his winning personality.
* * *
The day dragged on,and when the interviewees came Ashton walked behind all the good-looking girls, giving me the thumbs-up like a total douchebag.
Finally, I got a strapping young male model-looking dude who was in a band and wanted to do this to make some extra cash.
“Oh you’d be great,” I told him as I wrapped the interview up. He had great references and previous experience and he was nice to look at. He said he could even set up and tear down for the house band we chose.
Suddenly I felt a presence at my back. “Yeah, we’ll call you and let you know,” Ashton said. The tone in his voice was akin to a growl.
I turned behind me and glared up at him before facing the young guy and extending my hand. I smiled. “Thanks, Cole.Reallygreat to meet you.”
He smiled back. “I look forward to hearing from you.”
When he left, Ashton scoffed behind me. “We arenothiring him.”
