Page 15 of Crazy Rich Cajuns

He had very little experience with any of that.But he wanted it.

“There are four types of guys,” Leo said.“First, there are the ones who come through, see how gorgeous and different she is, who like her sass, and like to flirt.The tourists, the delivery guys, the ones just passing through.She’s not interested in them and usually puts up with them for just a few minutes at a time.”

Bennett had actually seen that in action himself.She was friendly, but simply polite, not giving them much encouragement at all.

“Second, there are the guys who actually ask her out,” Leo went on.

Bennett definitely liked those guys less.He hadn’t seen Kennedy with any actual boyfriends, but of course she had them.A woman like Kennedy probably got asked out all the time.

“She goes out with them, checks them out, and if she’s even a little interested, she calls them to come over to fix something,” Leo said.“But, inevitably, when they come over, they bring their town tools, fix it all by themselves, and then offer to take her out for dinner.”

“Okay,” Bennett said, not sure where Leo was going, but more than a little fascinated by all of this.

“Then there’s the guys like her dad and brothers.When she callsthemover to fix something, they come, insist that she help, give her shit while they do it, and then clean out all the cookies they know she baked that morning.”

“Okay.”

“Finally, there’s me,” Leo said.“When she calls me over to fix something, I sit my ass in a chair, hand her tools, talk to her the entire time, and then tell her what I want her to make me for dinner.”

Bennett looked at the older man.“So those are the categories?”

“Yep.”

“I can just flirt and nothing more.I can do everything for her.I canhelpher do stuff.Or I can make her do everything while I watch.”

“Yep.”

“Okay.”It wasn’t okay.Bennett wasn’t sure what to do with that at all.But he’d fallen into that second category today, clearly.He’d fixed the problem she’d called him about—or tried to anyway—and had then asked her to go to Savannah for the weekend.

“You want to know which of those guys she calls the most often?”Leo asked after a moment.

“Yeah.”

“Me.”

It was no secret that Kennedy had a huge soft spot for her grandpa.They were very close.They also gave each other the most shit.

“Because you’re so charming and insightful?”Bennett asked.

Leo laughed.“It will come as no surprise to you that Kennedy doesn’t consider me either of those things.”

Bennett grinned.

“It’s because when I’m there, wetalk,” Leo said.“Not about the project or the business or whatever.And I don’t let her just feed me cookies.”

Bennett turned his stool fully toward the other man.“What do you talk about?”

“The Saints.LSU.The sociology of small towns.The eroding of the Louisiana coastline.Climate change.Why Becky Gardner can’t seem to choose a good man no matter how hard she tries.”

Bennett blinked at him.Sociology?The eroding of the coastline?Climate change?Gossip and sports?“That’s…a lot.”

Leo nodded and took a draw of his beer.“We’re both very interesting people.”

Bennett couldn’t help but chuckle at that.They were also very humble.Clearly.“But her cookies suck?”

Leo swallowed and shook his head.“Her cookies are amazing.”

“But you don’t let her make you cookies.”

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