From the snippet a few weeks ago. I posted the next few paragraphs from there. Before they went into the kitchen, Drake asked if Eastyn would arrange an evening at the park where they show movies during the summer with some old friends of theirs. She didn't think it was a good idea.
This is Eastyn speaking as she offers a sweet from the oven.:
"Do you want to try one? I added something extra to the mix and I'd like it if you told me what you thought."
Snippet:
"I'm not one to pass up a dessert."
She found a spatula and scooped a cookie on to a plate. Then she went into her walk-in freezer and pulled out vanilla ice cream and scooped a generous amount on top of the cookie.
Handing him a fork, she slid the plate toward him. "Be careful, the cookie still hot."
He took her warning and took a cautious bite but with the cool ice cream the oven hot cookie didn't do any harm. The gooey goodness tantalized the tongue with chocolate, toffee and something he couldn't detect but surely he'd died and gone to heaven.
"Well?" she asked.
He held up his hand and took another bite, chewing at his leisure. She pursed her lips and her hands went to her slim hips.
(A few more...)
He chuckled. "It's the best, Eastyn. I haven't tasted anything like it."
This won him a wide grin and her eyes sparkled with delight.
"So, what's the special ingredient?" he asked as he took another bite.
"Can't say."
"And if you did, you'd have to kill me?"
"That could still be arranged." She winked, but then became serious. "Okay."
"Okay what?" He frowned, not following.
"I'll call Piper and Billy and arrange for us to all meet at Burry Park."
He wanted to do a fist pump and yell 'yes!' but since it probably wouldn't go over well, so he settled on saying, "That would be perfect." Well, almost perfect. He wanted to win Eastyn's heart again and that required much more than sharing lunch and dessert. She didn't trust him yet. He could see it in her eyes and the way she watched him. She had her guard up and he couldn't blame her. They had a past. They'd been best friends and so much more but it didn't mean she wanted to revisit what they once had anytime soon. Maybe she never would again but he had to try. Being so close to her now made him wonder what the hell he'd been thinking to risk it all in the first place? Stupid. Yeah, plain and simple off his rocker stupid.
About the book:
Eastyn has her soda shop to run and specialty ice creams to create. Only the place is falling apart, and she may have a haunted jukebox that chooses songs to communicate. If things couldn't get any more complicated, Drake, her ex-fiancé, returns home after five years on the road with his rock band, Never Mind the Damage.
Eastyn vows not to fall for Drake's charms again, but when you have a lifetime of memories with the man, the heart seems not to care about pledges. Her haunted jukebox believes choosing the right song to twirl and dip to is the answer to everything. However, Eastyn isn't convinced. She wants to know if Drake is home for good, or will he break her heart all over again?
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Yummy cookies 🙂 I like that she warms up to him again through the warm cookies. Great analogy.