Read Online Friday I'm in Love by Mari Carr - Free Book Online

believe, eh?”
    “Impossible.” She grinned ruefully, wondering how he always managed to make her insides go to mush. She wasn’t a wishy-washy little girl. She was a woman who knew better than to have her head turned by a few well-phrased words. Thing was, Ewan really looked as if he meant what he was saying. “Okay. This sounds like it could be a cool experiment.”
    Ewan stared at her for a moment. “Well, yeah, about that. While it’s an experiment, I’d like to stress that the restaurant is my business and it only succeeds if my customers are happy and want to come back. I’d sort of consider it a personal favor if you—”
    “Wouldn’t speak my mind? Fuck up? Intimidate the patrons until they run screaming from the building?” she finished for him.
    “All of those work for me.”
    “I’ll behave.” She rose from the bed and picked up the forest green shirt he’d brought for her. “We’re gonna have to talk about your waitress uniforms, though.” She wrinkled her nose at the shirt. “These are guy shirts.”
    “I suppose you think I should steal the Hooters idea and put my waitresses in too-tight tank tops? This is a family business, Nat. Plus, I don’t think our regular waitress, 55
    Mari Carr
    Joyce, would go for it. She’s pushing fifty and complains about her sagging breasts constantly.”
    Natalie shook her head. “You talk to your waitress about her tits?”
    “She usually starts the subject. I just listen. I grew up with three very vocal sisters who complained about everything from period cramps and PMS to the underwire in bras. I figure there’s not much about the female body that can shock or embarrass me at this point.”
    She smiled. “In other words, you were raised right.”
    Ewan pulled her over to him with his hands on her waist. “I guess I was. How about a reward system for today’s experiment? You seemed to like that last night.”
    “You know, I’m starting to suspect these so-called rewards are just your way of trying to get into my pants.”
    Ewan laughed. “Is it working?”
    She pressed her finger to her lip and pretended to consider his question. “Maybe.”
    He kissed her quickly. “Get ready. I’ll meet you down in the restaurant. Give you a brief orientation before we open.”
    * * * * *
    Two hours later, Natalie had decided Ewan could take his rewards and shove them up his tight, muscular, gorgeous ass.
    She’d cleaned up two major drink spills, both done by the same little unruly brat whose mother couldn’t control him if he was in a cage. She’d listened to a woman complain for ten minutes about Natalie screwing up her order—which she hadn’t.
    Fucking bitch couldn’t even remember what she’d asked for. One man snapped over her forgetting to bring his bread, even though any yahoo could see it was lunch hour, the restaurant was packed and she was running around like a chicken with her head cut off.
    56
    Friday I’m in Love
    Jesus, people were rude. She’d nearly bitten her tongue off several times and it didn’t look as though things were going to get much better as the afternoon progressed.
    “Excuse me, miss.” Natalie fought against rolling her eyes as the elderly woman at the corner table called her over…again.
    “Yes, ma’am. What can I get for you now ?” So far, the lady had beckoned her over for a slice of lemon in her water, more butter for her bread, an extra knife because she dropped hers and more napkins—each time starting some inane, longwinded conversation about the weather or her sister’s cataract surgery.
    “I was wondering about the dessert menu. Do you have one of those?”
    “The desserts are listed on the regular menu.” Which she’d taken back after getting the woman’s lunch order. “I’ll just run and get you one.”
    “Thank you, dear. You’re new here, aren’t you?”
    Natalie nodded, trying to get away before the woman could ask any more questions. She wasn’t so lucky.
    “Are you from