Filthy Delicious: Book One in the Filthy Duology by Shannon French

Author:Shannon French [French, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-23T16:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

Liv

After spending the whole day yesterday with Brooke and the others, lying by the pool and drinking wine and generally just relaxing, I wake up the next morning with a newfound sense of self. Mostly, I just know what I have to do.

Brooke was right, I haven’t spent enough time looking after myself or listening to what I really want.

I climb out of the double bed in one of Aunt Dottie and Aunt Isabella’s many guest rooms and throw on a black sundress and some checked Vans, I tangle my hair into something slightly resembling a braid down one shoulder and head out into the hallway in search of caffeine. As I travel closer and closer to the kitchen, though, the sound of hammering and grunting grows louder. My brow furrows as I peer around the corner into the kitchen. It’s an absolute mess, tools and scraps of wood are tossed around the place and right in the middle of the chaos is Emilio.

“You’re awake!” Dottie yells, a little too enthusiastically as she approaches me and sets her hands on either one of my shoulders.

“Dottie…” I begin with a nervous smile as Emilio’s eyes catch mine from across the room. He’s busy fitting a new set of shelves above the stove and he grins widely in my direction. His strong chest and shoulders are bare, a spattering of dark hair covers his firm pecs and his bronze skin glistens from exertion.

“What’s he doing here?” I ask Dottie in a low whisper as I tear my eyes away from Emilio.

She grins nervously. “He came along this morning looking for you, I started making a pot of coffee and the damn shelves all but collapsed in a heap on top of the stove. Emilio was kind enough to offer to fix them up, I swear it was completely unplanned.”

“Oh yeah, sure,” I reply, moving from in front of Dottie and instead choosing to grab one of the many clean mugs that are now piled up on the kitchen worktop. I pour myself a large cup and top it up with a hell of a lot of sugar and a boatload of milk.

Emilio glances up from his place at the kitchen table, where he’s measuring something with a scowl.

“You look beautiful, Mami.” He grins that heart-stopping smile of his and my knees go weak. Fucking hell, I need to get some control over myself.

“Oh, thanks,” I reply with a blush, sipping at my coffee and leaning my hip against the worktop. “So you came looking for me, huh?”

Emilio picks up the shelf he’s been measuring and holds it up against the wall. I watch as he pulls a pencil out from behind his ear and makes three marks on the wall.

“I know it might be a little presumptuous, but I wanted to see if you’d changed your mind about me taking you out,” he explains, picking up an electric drill and making three holes in the wall where he just marked. His arms

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