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- Authors: Claire Page
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- Genre: contemporary romance
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The World Falls Apart
I had left my planner at La Gourmandize. Without it, I couldn’t do
anything; my travel plans and itinerary were all there. The walk from the
house to the restaurant was just ten minutes. My plane would leave in five
hours, so I had plenty of time. Benoit was still at the restaurant, doing some
accounting. I texted him I would come to get it but never got a reply; I went
anyway.
Our French bistro was one of the most popular restaurants in
Downtown Savannah. It had been gaining recognition as one of the mustgo-to places when visiting Georgia. It took us nearly eight years to establish
this reputation, and we built it completely from scratch.
Benoit came from a family of restaurateurs. This was his third
restaurant, and the first two he co-managed with his family. But La
Gourmandize was our baby. It was a project born out of our love and
passion for cooking and food.
I was fresh out of culinary school, working as a sous-chef for a
small restaurant in Chicago, when I met Benoit. He had asked to speak to
the chef and the sous-chef about the glorious pasta meal he just had. He was
generous in his compliments and in tipping the staff. Benoit had a very
casual way in which he carried himself, and I was instantly smitten.
Benoit had a slim build, was approximately my height, and had dark
curls. He had a dark stubble but charming smile. The lighting in the
restaurant made his emerald eyes sparkle. He had an air of sophistication
about him with his expensive shirt and pants, and polished shoes. Our eyes
met, and there was an instant attraction. He had asked for my number, and
before he left for his hometown in Savannah, we had already hooked up.
The attraction was magnetic. We shared the same passion for food,
travel, and sex. Benoit had a voracious appetite, not just at the dining table
but in the bedroom as well. It was inevitable that I would leave Chicago and
move in with him to Savannah in less than a year.
Thus was born La Gourmandize, a French bistro with superb food
and cocktails in the ritzy and historic part of Downtown Savannah. I helped
choose every piece of furniture, every linen, every cutlery, and dishes in
that restaurant. It was a labor of love. I poured everything into it. I even
helped design it. All the tiles that went into it and the wallpaper—I helped
choose them.
La Gourmandize had a large window, so the tourists who walked
along the sidewalk could see how beautiful the interiors were. And that
seemed to work. We would always get walk-ins. That’s why I also added a
café section, allowing people waiting in line to enjoy coffee, French
macaroons, or croissants before being seated. Around three to five in the
afternoon, we would close the restaurant and café to prepare for dinner; it
allowed us to get a breather from the fast pace of the restaurant.
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