Get Further (Working It In Book 3) by Alyssa Turner

Author:Alyssa Turner [Turner, Alyssa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-05T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Cole

Day three put us in New Orleans for a Creole cooking class inside one of the French Quarter’s most beloved family restaurants. I glanced at Kara for the thousandth time that afternoon and watched her push her hair away from her face as she listened intently to one of the five elderly sisters who owned the place. At least someone was paying attention. I could only seem to focus on the memories of the night before and how I hoped it could be a daily thing. Friends with benefits. Her words echoed in my head. Happy as I was to have those benefits, I wanted her to see us as more than two friends hooking up. Somehow, I’d jumped out of the friend zone into the fuck-buddy category. I had to figure this shit out and soon.

“Cole, you’d better start browning your sausage,” Kara said. “The shrimp takes almost no time to cook and you want them to both be ready to go into the gumbo base at the same time.” She winked. “And you know how good it is when they go in at the same time.”

I laughed. “Yeah, I do.”

Kara had this radiant glow. This trip was magical in how it brought out her playful side. This was the Kara I’d fallen in love with, whether she knew it or not. What if I just finally told her tonight?

“Kara...after this is over—”

“The trip?” she whispered. “Don’t worry. I get it. I know when we get back, things will go back to normal. Just because we’re hooking up now, I don’t expect you to suddenly become someone you’re not.” She held up her finger. “Here, taste my roux.”

I licked the brown gravy from the tip and then sucked it into my mouth.

“Do you think it’s too salty?”

“I think I’m going to be salty if you make me catch a boner here in front of these nice old ladies,” I said, laughing a bit. “But I wasn’t talking about—”

J.P. walked into the small room off the main kitchen meant for these classes. “Sorry, I was on a call with Kyle. What did I miss?”

“Not much. We still have plenty more to do before we’re done.” She raised an eyebrow. “Do you want to help? I think Cole could use some. He’s like two steps behind.”

Try more like a few years when it came to Kara, but okay, yeah...there was no way I would be able to create something edible when I hadn’t been paying attention at all. “Do you know anything about making gumbo?” I asked.

“Get to my age, and you know a little about a lot of things.” J.P. rolled up his sleeves and grabbed the Andouille. “I’d say I’m an expert with sausage.” He winked at me.

My toes curled in my shoes. Shit. And what about J.P.? When we arrived back in New York would that really be the end of this thing between us? I liked him, and it wasn’t just that magic wand of his. He made me feel like I could be myself.

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