Page 20 of Love Is Brewing

“Which might be why Eve and I get along so well,” she said. She moved closer to her brother and hugged him. “I’m glad you stopped in to see me while you were here. Do you think you’ll be back at all?”

“We’ll be back at some point,” Ben said. “Even if it’s just to visit you, but I’m sure it will be in a work capacity.”

“I think we’ll have a long line of work with Elias,” Mason said. “Yeah, we’ll be back.”

She walked her brother and Mason out, then returned to her desk.

Elias, huh? What were the odds of that name being said twice in one day?

It wasn’t very common to her, but not unheard of.

She had more important things to think about than a sexy guy who made her heart race, so she got back to work.

Might as well check references and get Kayla hired.

She pulled the paper out and saw the first reference was for a restaurant in town and called, but had to leave a message since they hadn’t opened yet.

The second one was for Fifth Kid Brewery. Too funny.

She placed that call next and got through to Human Resources, verified employment and that was pretty much all they’d say.

Common again, but still frustrating.

Guess she’d have to go with her gut with Kayla, and since her gut rarely steered her wrong, she picked up the phone to offer the young woman a job.

7

KEEPING HIS NOSE CLEAN

Hours later Elias was swinging his truck into the first available spot he saw.

All he wanted to do was run in, get his dinner, and go home and stuff himself. It’d been a long week and he was starving.

But just as he was getting ready to pull into the spot, another car stole it from him.

Since the black Mercedes was further in than him, he had to admit she got there first, no matter how much he wanted to hit the horn.

He looked up and saw it was Phoebe and grinned, then waved her in and put it in reverse.

Good thing he didn’t go all pissed off dude on her.

Not that he’d do that here because too many people knew who he was and he didn’t need to be talked about in a negative light.

He could tell she was flustered, but it wasn’t a big deal.

He found a spot a few down, parked and got out to go into the building.

“Sorry,” she said. “I didn’t mean to take your spot. But then someone got behind me and I couldn’t move.”

“Not a big deal,” he said. “You were there first.”

“I’m not so sure about that,” she said dryly. “I just feel bad.”

“Don’t worry about it,” he said. “I got another one. Only running in to get my dinner.”

Since they were both walking toward the door, he assumed she was doing the same.

“I was going to order something and wait,” she said. “They don’t look too busy. Hope it’s not a long wait.”

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