Cease Fire by James Marie

Author:James, Marie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Security Romance
Publisher: MJB Publishing
Published: 2022-04-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Kit

“There’s no cayenne in here?” I ask the lady behind the counter as I point to the bag.

“None. I promise.”

I give her a quick nod as I hand over my credit card.

She rings up my order, handing me the slip to sign. I tip generously for bothering them with such a specific pickup order before walking out.

The drive to Jules’s house is uneventful, much like it has been every day the last two weeks that I’ve been inserting myself into her life.

I haven’t asked permission to show up at her house every damn day like we’re in a relationship, but she hasn’t questioned it either. I like taking care of her, making sure she has at least one decent meal a day, and she always whispers her thanks as if she feels like she doesn’t deserve the effort.

“No problem,” I always tell her. “I was grabbing mine, figured you might be hungry as well.”

I say it every day as if she hasn’t caught on by now, but I won’t stop until she tells me to.

We haven’t made love again, but I’m waiting, always watching for the moment when her body gives me clues to needing what I can offer it. I live for the moments after she eats when she gets sleepy and curls up next to me on the sofa.

Most days it doesn’t last long because she gets sick and has to run to the bathroom. I followed her the first couple of times, offering a cold rag, but she started closing and locking the door.

She says that she’s embarrassed by it, and just wants to suffer alone, but I know better. I saw the look in her eyes at my level of comfort I offered her that first Saturday I helped with her mother’s things. It was the care and attention she doesn’t want. I can tell she feels like she doesn’t deserve that as much as she doesn’t deserve my nightly dinner deliveries.

We’ve managed to sort through the rest of her mother’s things, but despite the pain I know it causes her, she’s completely shut herself off emotionally from the task. She hasn’t noticed that two boxes of things have gone missing, and I’m kind of grateful for that. She’s not exactly the type to allow people to bulldoze her, and I’d catch hell for removing them from her home.

She hasn’t gotten rid of much, but we’ve been able to condense the boxes enough to fit into the bottom of the closet through strategic organization.

She hasn’t mentioned shopping for the baby or nursery furniture, and I don’t bring it up either. It’s almost like we’re both pretending that it doesn’t exist right now, despite her getting sick so often. It’s the elephant in the room and we both seem okay to ignore that entire situation because neither of us want to start the argument right back up again.

I frown when I turn down her street and notice her car missing from the driveway. She’s always home.

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