Kiss Midnight Goodbye (Midnight Blue Beach Book 3)

Author:Olivia Jaymes [Jaymes, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction
Publisher: Blonde Ambition Press
Published: 2017-02-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“It was Colonel Mustard in the library with the pistol,” Ellis announced, a smug smile on his face. They were sitting on the floor of the living room, a board game between them on the coffee table, while the television played softly in the background.

Pursing her lips, she handed him the little folder. “So check to see if you’re right. But just because you’re a detective in real life doesn’t mean you’re one in a game. The skills are not transferable.”

After coming home from the grocery store where they’d loaded up as if expecting a blizzard, they’d quickly become bored. There was no Wi-Fi at the house so they had to use their phones to read email or look anything up. Peyton had gone digging through the tall cabinet in the living room and found board games that looked as old as the house. She hadn’t been able to convince Ellis to play Mystery Date but he’d been all over Clue the minute he saw it.

Hiding the cards behind his large hand, a smile bloomed on his face. “I’m right. I won.”

Sighing, she slapped her pencil down on the table. “You’re a sore winner.”

“How can I be a sore winner when all I said was I won? Maybe you’re a sore loser.”

She began to pack up the game. “I am not a sore loser.”

“Are you quite sure? Because I feel sorry for those game pieces, the way you’re manhandling them. Admit it, princess, you have a competitive streak a mile wide. Personally I think it’s great. Why play a game unless you want to win?”

He would think like that. Ellis Hunter wanted to win, be better than everyone else. It was in his DNA and he was proud of it.

“Winning is not important.”

He cleared his throat, obviously trying not to laugh at her. “It’s all about how you play the game.”

She smacked the lid on the box and pushed it out of her way. “It is.”

“No, it’s not. That’s just something they tell little kids so they won’t throw building blocks at each other. But we’re adults and we know that winning matters.”

She walked over to the cabinet and slid the box back in, perusing the other games. Maybe Yahtzee or Monopoly?

“Ladies don’t care about things like that.”

His mouth had dropped open. “Is that your mother talking? I can hear her saying something like that along with not to get your dress dirty and to always be polite to grownups. Am I right?”

Too right for comfort.

She snagged the Monopoly box and placed it on the table between them. “Sometimes I’ll be talking and my mother will start coming out of my mouth. It’s disturbing.”

“Sometimes I’ll say something that my dad always used to say. I think that’s normal.”

Sitting cross-legged on a cushion, Peyton opened up the game. “Have you rejected your parents and everything they stand for?”

“Not lately but I’ve been meaning to get around to it. I’ve just been so busy and with the holidays coming up and all…”

She unfolded the board and then grabbed the top hat piece.

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