All Tied Up (Business of Love Book 2) by Ali Parker

Author:Ali Parker [Parker, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing
Published: 2020-07-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Rick

Chessie counted out exactly twenty raspberries and then separated them onto each of our plates. Next, she divided up the slices of perfectly crispy maple bacon. Once each of our plates, already stacked with pancakes, was arranged with the appropriate accompaniments, she gave me her blessing that we could eat.

I handed her the maple syrup, and as per usual, she poured entirely too much all over her pancakes. I didn’t have the heart to tell her not to overdo it. Instead, I watched as she pushed a small piece of bacon around in her maple syrup soup before she popped it in her mouth. Bits of syrup drizzled down her chin and stayed there as she cut into her pancakes. Chocolate oozed out of them and turned the syrup on her plate a rich brown color.

Chessie watched me while she chewed. Her cheeks were puffed up like a chipmunk, and she tried to ask me a question, but it came out as merely an incoherent mumble.

She washed her bite down with a great gulp of water and tried again. “Where do you have to go today, Daddy?”

“I’m going to see Kim.”

“What for?”

“I owe her a little something for everything she did for us. And I know she won’t accept it unless it’s in person, so I’m going to drive down and give it to her. Then I’ll be back this evening for our movie night, like we planned. Sound good?”

Chessie stuck out her tongue and tried to lick the syrup off her chin. She failed. “Sounds good.”

I used my napkin to clean her up a bit and chuckled to myself. “One of these days, you’ll be wiping the dribble off my chin,” I said.

“What do you mean?”

“Never mind.”

Chessie proceeded to devour her meal. When she looked like she was wearing chocolate lipstick, she slumped back in her chair, her little belly sticking out a little more than it had when she first got up this morning, and let out a long sigh. “That was so good.”

Chuckling, I stood and collected our plates. “I’m glad you liked it. You ate enough to satisfy a horse.”

“I’m a growing girl, Daddy.”

“Growing indeed. Just a few months ago, you could hardly eat two pancakes. Now you’re up to three. You’re going to out-eat me one of these days.”

Chessie slid off her chair and grabbed her cup of water, which she followed me into the kitchen with so she could load it in the dishwasher. “I don’t think I’ll ever be able to eat that much food.”

I arched an eyebrow and stared down at her as she put her cup in the machine. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“That you can eat a lot. And you’re all done growing.”

I lifted my right arm, rolled up the sleeve of my T-shirt to my shoulder, and flexed my bicep. “There’s always more growing to do, kiddo. See that? That needs protein and—”

“Put your bicep away, Daddy. There’s nobody here to impress.”

I blinked. Was my seven-year-old tiring of

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