Happily Ever Alpha by Ella Fox

Author:Ella Fox [Fox, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-04-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

John

I’ve never been so anxious to get home, and it’s all because Mallory is there, waiting for me. Fuck, I can’t believe she’s here. It was like a kick in the gut to hear that her grandmother died just after I left. Had I stayed, I’d have been there for my girl. Instead, she spent the better part of the last six months by herself and that shit is not cool. It’s a blessing that she’s here with me now, though.

After parking my big truck in the driveway, I hurry toward the house. As I open the door, I'm hit with the scent of pasta sauce. I grin when Mallory waves to me from the kitchen island where she’s busy slicing garlic bread. Cleo is lounging on the counter watching—close to my girl. Apparently progress was made in their relationship while I was at work.

“I made dinner,” Mallory announces.

“Seein’ that, honey,” I say as I hang up my car keys on the hook next to the door. “Need me to do anything?”

She gestures toward the bubbling pot on the stove. “Spaghetti is probably ready if you want to drain it.”

Crossing the kitchen, I open the lower cabinet closest to the fridge and pull out the stainless steel colander. “On it.”

After draining the spaghetti, I dump it into a ceramic pasta bowl and carry it to the counter where Mallory already has the pot of sauce waiting. Setting the pasta down I lift up the sauce and start pouring as she uses a spaghetti server to mix the sauce with the pasta. Just doing these little things with her is infinitely better than what typically goes down when I come home from work. Usually, I crack a beer, turn on the news, and heat up something from the freezer.

We each make our plates and then head to the table to eat. Cleo follows to the table and then plops her ass down at my feet, as per usual.

“See you two made some progress today,” I say.

Mallory looks down at Cleo and smiles. “She sat in the doorway to the bedroom and watched me unpack. The second it was clear she came in and jumped up on the bed where she then proceeded to stare at me until I got a clue and started to pet her. She’s a good snuggler—I wound up falling asleep with her for almost an hour.”

I smile and lean over to pet Cleo. “See what happens when you’re nice, pretty girl? You made a new friend.”

Cleo purrs as she rubs her head against my hand. When I straighten up, she gives me a dirty look and meows. I swear if she had her way, someone would be petting her fluffy ass about twenty hours a day.

Turning my attention back to Mallory I ask, “So you settled in okay?”

“I did,” she answers as she places her napkin in her lap. “This house is amazing.”

This house was fine before. With her living here? Now it’s amazing.

“Glad you’re feelin’ it, honey.

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