JUDE (Paranormal Shapeshifter Romance) (A Wood Haven Novella Book 1) by Storm Hailey

Author:Storm, Hailey [Storm, Hailey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2016-11-21T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

JUDE

Gravel crunching outside my front door captured my attention. I set the book I’d been reading aside and started toward the front door. I could see Sophia’s crappy car through my windows as it slowed to a stop behind my truck. She was here.

I swung my front door open and leaned against the door frame, watching as Sophia climbed from behind her steering wheel. She held a grocery bag in each hand.

“Hey there,” I said in greeting. I folded my arms across my chest, my gaze on her unwavering as I took in every inch of her.

She wore another sundress—this one white with tiny red flowers. I grinned at the sight of the color. It would still give me an excuse to call her Red. Who was I kidding? She didn’t have to wear red for me to call her by the name, she’d always be Red to me.

“Hi.” She slammed her driver side door shut and started toward the steps to my porch without glancing at me. Tension rippled through her body, I could taste it in the air. “Ready for another round of taste testing?” she asked as she slipped past me and into my house.

My nose wrinkled as the scent of stale cigarettes and something else wafted to my nose. She’d been somewhere before this. The scent of the place had tarnished her signature strawberry scent. Damn, I’d been so eager to smell its sweetness again.

“Having a bad day, Red?” I started toward the kitchen, where she was already setting out the items she’d brought with her.

“You have no idea.”

“Do you want to talk about it?”

I wasn’t big when it came to talking about feelings, but I’d always been good at listening. It came with being in a role of authority. Plus, getting her to tell me what was wrong might bring us one step closer, a place I desired us to be. There was something between us. I could feel it. Sophia felt it too. She had to, it was too strong for a human to miss.

“No.”

Toss that idea out the window. This woman wasn’t in the mood to talk at all. “Okay then, let’s get this show on the road. Let me see what you got here.”

“Homestyle baked beans with crumbled bacon, savory cornbread with sage and sausage, a basic coleslaw, and hickory-smoked pulled pork with a tangy barbecue sauce.” She pointed to each dish as she said what they were. A heaviness entered my body. She’d been here five whole minutes and had yet to look at me. Had I done something during our last visit to piss her off? She’d laughed when I spit her muffin out. I’d paid her for her time too. What more did she want from me? “Tell me what you think. Honestly. I can tweak any recipe.”

I reached for the tiny dish of pulled pork first. “Let’s start with the main event. This is my sister’s favorite. You should’ve seen her face when I told her it would be on the menu.

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