Coming Home (Snowy Ridge: Love at Starlight, Book 1) by Kris Jett

Author:Kris Jett [Jett, Kris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sweet romance, womens fiction, romance, series, Coming Home, small-town, Wisconsin, midwest, contemporary, small-town romance
Publisher: Windows User
Published: 2017-02-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Cade was trying hard to see around Luci’s cleavage shoved in front of his face. Jessie’s sister was ridiculously aggressive. He slid his chair back about six inches but she only moved in closer. This time swinging an arm around the back of his chair.

“So, what do you feel like for lunch hon’? Something hot and spicy?” She batted her lashes at him. “Or did you just want something off the menu?”

A noise caught in Cade’s throat as he did his best not to burst into laughter. Did Jessie’s sister really just offer herself for lunch?

“Um, thanks. I think,” he stammered. “I’ll probably just look at a menu though.”

Luci shot Cade a disappointed look as she slowly withdrew one menu from under her arm and set it on the table. “Okay. Specials are on the loose paper inside.”

Cade reached for the menu but before he could even touch it, Luci laid her hand flat across the top of it. “Of course, if you’d rather not eat any of the fatty, greasy stuff on here, I know this great little place that has the best bean sprout salad in the Midwest. I could get a little time away and take you there.”

Cade had to bite his lip this time to keep from laughing. “No thanks. I’m a meat eater.”

“Mmmm,” she purred.

Crap, he thought. He didn’t mean to encourage her. “Is Jessie around?”

Luci pulled her hand off him and blinked hard, almost confused. “My sister? Nah, she’s busy. You’re stuck with me.” A smile slowly spread over Luci’s face again. “But I wouldn’t exactly consider it being stuck, would you?”

She moved in even closer to him and he could feel her breath on his face.

“Think of me as the enhanced, upgraded Jessie. The environmentally approved one,” she added and then laughed at her own joke.

Cade had no response for her. “Uh, do you know if she’ll be free soon? I wanted to talk to her.”

Luci shot him an annoyed look and then glanced around the pub. “I think she left actually. Which is way uncool. Am I supposed to cover her tables or something?” she asked no one in particular.

Almost on cue, the man from Jessie’s table of five asked if they could have their check.

“Ugh!” Luci said loudly. “She did totally stick me with her tables. Not cool. She’s always screwing me over.”

Cade opened his mouth to say something and then shut it again quickly. He was about to point out that Luci was the one screwing Jessie over from what he’d heard but then thought it was best not to get in the middle of a sisterly fight.

“Ma’m? The check,” the man asked her again.

“Oh my god,” Luci whined. “I’m coming. I’m like, doing the work of two people here.”

From what Cade could see she was just standing next to his table, doing nothing. “I’m sure Jessie just stepped out for a moment and will be right back,” he offered.

“Doubt it,” Luci retorted. “She probably took off with her boyfriend.

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