Be Mine, Sweetheart by Codi Gary

Author:Codi Gary
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-03-08T17:05:11+00:00

Chapter 17

“Well, that’s going to be an awesome bill,” Kelly said as she walked ahead of him into her house.

He sighed heavily. “You know, that is the fourth time you’ve said that in three hours.”

“I’m sorry, but I was feeling much better after the two ibuprofen I took kicked in. I could have waited until tomorrow when my doctor opened up.”

She flipped on the living room lights and when Pepper opened his eyes slightly, she gave him the finger. “You’re on my list, kitty cat. No pounce treats for you this week.”

Pepper yawned widely and stood up, kneading the couch cushion. Chris would have almost said the cat was giving her bedroom eyes.

“Don’t you try to seduce me with cuteness. You ate my mac and cheese. In some houses, that is punishable by kicking your butt outside to fend for yourself.”

Chris shut the door behind him and locked it, holding onto his patience by a thread. “Stop threatening the cat. First of all, they are empty threats because you would never put Pepper outside, and second, he cannot understand you.”

“Oh, he understands that I am pissed off for wasting the time and money at the ER when I’d have lived just popping pills and applying my own burn cream.”

“Or, you could have woken up in excruciating pain with an infection. It’s better to be safe than sorry.”

“If it was your two-thousand-dollar bill, you might be thinking a little differently.”

Chris made an irritated, guttural sound as he took the grocery bag of ice cream they’d bought on the way home and headed for the kitchen. “No, because you could have waited and ended up with a thirty-thousand-dollar bill when the infection spread to your liver or something, so how about you knock off the attitude?”

Kelly sat on the couch, her breath whooshing out of her lungs. “I’m sorry. I just feel so stupid about the whole thing. I knew that water was there, and I still slipped because I didn’t want to stop my meal prep to wipe up the floor.”

Chris came back into the room and handed her a bottle of water. “Here, stay hydrated. It was an accident. Could have happened to anyone.”

She scoffed. “Come on. You never make mistakes like that. You’re always perfect.”

Chris sat next to her and put his arm around the back of the couch. “I’m perfect?”

Kelly turned her head and he watched her full lips dip into a frown. “Yeah. You were our high school valedictorian, you went off to kick ass at law school and I bet you already have your retirement account doubled by now.”

“My account has doubled, but I set up your retirement too, so it’s probably pretty close to mine. Plus, you got your business degree and make a fantastic living doing what you love. So how am I any better than you?”

Her voice was heavy with emotion as she responded, “I don’t know. I just feel like I’ve been wasting time, and I realize that I’m going to be thirty-two in October.

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