Soft Serve
A small town ice cream shop owner never expects to fall for a billionaire trying to partner with her business
Paloma Reyes doesn’t need saving.
She has her grandmother’s recipes, her grandmother’s shop, and eleven years of proving that Soft Serve belongs exactly where it is: in Hearts Bend, Texas.
The ice cream shop isn’t just her livelihood. It’s her legacy.
Then Charles Whitaker walks through the door.
As CEO of Whitaker Creamery Group, Charles is used to getting what he wants. What he wants now is a partnership with Soft Serve for a national campaign that could put Paloma’s tiny shop in front of millions.
Paloma’s answer is simple.
No.
Except Charles doesn’t arrive with a corporate entourage or a polished sales pitch. He shows up alone. He listens. He stays. And before long, he’s rolling up his sleeves behind her counter while the entire town watches sparks fly.
For Charles, what starts as a business opportunity becomes something far more dangerous: a chance to imagine a life not dictated by boardrooms, family expectations, or a legacy he never chose.
But Paloma has already lost too much to risk becoming collateral damage in someone else’s battle.
As National Ice Cream Day approaches, both of them will have to decide what’s worth protecting and what might be worth risking everything for.
Because some things don’t need saving.
They just need someone brave enough to choose them.
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