Fumbling Perfect (Raymere Grove Series Book 1) by Nikki Kwiatkowski

Author:Nikki Kwiatkowski [Kwiatkowski, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Lilah wasn’t sure there would have been a right decision to make when she went downstairs, and Krista insisted that she sit and stay for breakfast. It smelled heavenly, and Lilah knew it would be rude to refuse, but being alone with Kyler’s mother and sister was a little terrifying; however, she had nowhere else to be.

Krista continued banging around in the kitchen while Kyler’s mother read over the newspaper and sipped on her coffee. Lilah sat uncomfortably, unsure how to proceed.

Helen folded up the paper and placed it to the side. Her eyes narrowed playfully as she took in a long sip of coffee, quietly evaluating Lilah from behind the mug.

“So, Lilah,” Helen began, slowly drawing out her words. “How’s school this year?”

Lilah tucked a bit of hair behind her ear. “I guess pretty good.”

“Not if she’s stuck tutoring Kyler,” Krista yelled from the kitchen.

Lilah bit her lip, concealing a small smile.

That gave Helen a way in. “How exactly is it going with tutoring my son?”

Lilah felt so uncomfortable. She could tell that Kyler’s mother was inspecting her. Waking up to some random girl in her house couldn’t have been too pleasant.

“At first it was a little difficult, but it seems that he’s genuinely trying now.” That was the best way she could put it.

Krista and Helen gave each other looks that held some kind of message that Lilah wasn’t privy to.

“Lilah, would you like coffee, tea, or orange juice,” Krista asked as she placed butter and syrups on the table.

Lilah thought. That wasn’t a lot of information. Black tea? Green tea? Herbal tea? What kind of coffee? Origin? Did the orange juice have pulp or not?

As if she could read Lilah’s thoughts, “It’s just plain Folgers, Earl Grey tea, or orange juice, no pulp per Kyler’s request.”

“Just coffee is fine.”

“You sure,” a deep voice came from behind her, sending chills along her neck. “It’s not Starbucks.”

Lilah glared at Kyler as he took a seat, unfortunately right next to her, which did no favors to her insides.

If she was being totally honest, she loved the smell of his body wash, both on her and on him. That was the grossest thing she could think of right before eating and she quickly took a sip of the coffee placed in front of her, hoping to get a good whiff of the bold and bitter scent to cover up any others that might be lingering around her.

Krista hit Kyler over the head with a potholder as she placed it on the table. “Stop being rude.” She then went back to the kitchen and brought back a plate stacked with waffle after waffle, a bowl of scrambled eggs that looked to have more cheese than eggs, and another plate with enough bacon to give anyone a heart attack.

It was a breakfast Lilah definitely wasn’t used to.

Kyler threw a waffle on Lilah’s plate along with three on his, and before he could do the same with some bacon, “I can get it myself,” Lilah hissed.

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