Natalie was mortified. She had been in enough fancy restaurants in her life to know that she had no business being there dressed like that tonight. As soon as she walked into the Hell Hole with Cooper, she could see she didn't fit in. She didn't look like the other women parading around the restaurant.
After her ashamedly rude exit on her date, Natalie ran downstairs to the front door. Catching the first taxi in sight, she now had thirty minutes to replay the evening in her mind. The more Natalie thought, the more she was embarrassed of her actions to poor Cooper. She could get over her ugly clothes and being laughed at by the waitress, but she could not forgive herself for the way she literally ran away from the nice man that was just trying to apologize.
"Thanks." Natalie thanked the man when he pulled up to her building. Handing over the most cash she had ever spent on a cab in her life, she realized that she had just spent all of her grocery money, and was back to having nothing to eat for supper.
Tired, humiliated, and hungry. Natalie trudged up the stairs of her building hoping to just crawl into bed. She barely made it under the covers before she was asleep. It was a restless slumber.
Her dreams that night were filled with Cooper in his plaid shirt and fancy car. She dreamt he was driving her around the city, the wind blowing her hair through the open window. Music blasting loudly from the speakers and a beautiful toothy grin plastered on his face the whole time.
The next morning Natalie had woken up well before her alarm went off. She was still so shook from being late for work yesterday that she had slept lightly and woke up with the rising sun. Checking her alarm clock she saw it was only six o'clock She had forty-five minutes before her alarm was set to go off. Trying to go back to sleep was pointless, she was definitely up for the day.
"Ugh, I should get up I guess." Mumbling to herself, the mentally exhausted woman slowly sat up, stretched, and yawned.
Having plenty of time today, Natalie took her time to shower and get ready. Washing her hair she let her mind drift back to the previous nights dreams. 'Cooper really is attractive, I can't believe I ran away from him yesterday. I was so rude.' Her mind was full of the handsome mans face.
Once showered, hair dried, and dressed she went in search of some shoes. She then dug around in the fridge for something to make for breakfast. Finally coming across the instant oatmeal and box of raisins in the cupboard Natalie had found her meal. Taking five minutes to make it and five to eat it, it was time to leave for work. She wouldn't be late today.
It was a beautiful day outside. The sun was shinning and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Natalie took her time to enjoy her walk to work. She loved this city, it was always bright and full of life. Putting in her headphones to tune out and ignore the cat calls she got every morning on her way to work, she missed the fact that she was once again being followed.
"On time today, I see." Mr. Grimaldi greeted Natalie with a chuckle.
"Oh yes, I will never be late again, I promise!" She retorted back. "How's your morning so far?"
"Same as always, Darling." With that, they both set off into their daily ritual of setting up the bakery for the breakfast crowd.
That was the busiest day that the little Italian bakery nestled into a forgotten corner of east LA had ever seen. It was a beautiful Sunday and it seemed like everyone was out taking advantage of the weather. It was so busy that Natalie's unknown follower had been able to sit in the bakery all morning without drawing attention to himself.
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Dangerous Daddy
Romance"Hey-" the attractive man began to yell as he climbed out of his car. He assumed the woman would see his face and know who he was. But there was no recognition. The stranger didn't know that she almost got hit by Cooper Grant. When he saw her face h...
