Her Broken Bear by Summer Donnelly

Author:Summer Donnelly [Donnelly, Summer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Hadley

She was getting used to naked shifters. Her nurse’s training left her immune. At least that’s what she told herself when Quinn came in from his run.

“Your pants are in the bedroom,” Lacey called out as if having her husband walk around nude was an everyday occasion.

Which, come to think of it, it probably was.

“Do you have burgers for the grill?” Lacey asked. “These men like to eat. Especially after they’ve been on a run.”

Hadley nodded as she put the finishing touches on the burgers. “Three for each of the guys. Two for each of us? With all the sides? Are you sure we aren’t going to have too much food?”

“I invited Melody, too,” Lacey said. “Why don’t you make three more burgers?”

Rolling her eyes, Hadley pulled out another package of ground beef. “I made a huge thing of mac and cheese. You made a salad. Plus, half a grocery aisle worth of chips.”

“Knock, knock.” Melody peeked in the door. “Hey, girls! Thanks for thinking about me. I do love a good cookout.”

Lacey gave her friend a brief hug while Hadley waved with her hand full of burger patty.

“Did you bring the sweet tea like I asked?” Lacey asked.

“Sure did. Hunter is emptying my trunk out.”

“I’d enjoy our cookout more if Hadley wasn’t leaving in the morning.”

“We’ve been over this, Lacey,” Hadley said. After placing the additional patties on the platter, she washed her hands and greeted Melody properly. “I have a job, an apartment, and a life back home. I will start looking at jobs out here, but my vacation is up, and I need to go home.”

“But you just got yourself a growly lover,” Lacey protested as she loaded up a tray to take out to the picnic area. “You can’t leave now.”

How did she tell her best friend that one growly lover hadn’t asked her to stay?

Melody snorted. “I need a growly lover.”

Lacey winked. “Maybe you’ll find one. Jason Fox is coming tonight,” she teased.

“Isn’t he a bear shifter?” Melody asked. Arms loaded, she led the way out the cabin door.

“A bear named Fox?” Hadley took up the rear with her platter of endless burger patties.

“You don’t need a bear named Fox,” Hunter said as he snuck up behind her. He relieved her of the tray and gave her a light kiss on the forehead. “This looks great ya’ll.” He looked at the platter in his hands. “Will this be enough burgers?”

Together, laughing, teasing, Hadley, Lacey, and Melody set up the picnic table. “Is there a tablecloth?” Hadley asked looking at Lacey.

“Um, I haven’t seen one,” Lacey admitted with a rueful grin. “Guess I didn’t think that far ahead.”

“I saw a pile of newspaper,” Melody said. She put her food down. “I’ll go get it, and we can just improvise.”

One by one, their friends showed up. Jason Fox, the bartender at the Lusty Leopard, showed up with a keg of beer.

“A keg? There’s just the eight of us, Jason,” Lacey said, giving him a welcoming hug.

An ancient pickup pulled into the driveway.

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