Man Feast (Bergen Brothers Book 2) by Krista Sandor

Author:Krista Sandor [Sandor, Krista]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Candy Castle Books
Published: 2019-07-14T18:30:00+00:00

11

Elle

Elle cracked open her eyes then blinked away the sleep. She stared out the windows as the white expanse of Bergen Mountain sparkled in the morning sun and rubbed at a kink in her neck. That’s what she got for spending the night on the couch. She shifted her body as something warm nuzzled into her, but it wasn’t Jasper.

“We had a sleepover,” came Bodhi’s groggy voice.

She sat up and patted the boy’s back. “We sure did.”

The house was quiet, and the clock on the wall read half past nine.

Bodhi hugged a cushion and yawned. “Where’s Jasper?”

Good question.

She glanced around the room. Where was Jasper?

“How about we head into the kitchen and see if anyone else is up.”

Bodhi’s eyes lit up. “Sticky buns!” the boy said and was off like a shot.

She followed several steps behind him and smiled to herself as thoughts of Jasper crept into her mind. His scent. His touch. His taste. And while last night didn’t garner the naughty strudel feast they’d planned, seeing him with Bodhi, experiencing this softer, gentler side, made that tiny kernel of hope she’d held in her heart spark to life.

Maybe fairy tales did come true. Maybe their man feast had turned this Bergen man-beast into a Prince Charming.

Maybe all men weren’t like Tate and her father.

She rounded the corner into the kitchen and came to an abrupt stop. Clean shaven and pouring a glass of milk, Jasper stood, dressed in a suit and tie. He handed Bodhi the glass, and the boy settled himself on a chair at the kitchen’s large center island. She smiled, but he didn’t even glance at her.

She tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. “You’re up early.”

“This is actually quite late for me,” he answered sharply.

She tried again. “You can bend the rules a little. We’re on vacation.”

He frowned, and her stomach dropped. She recognized that frown—that callous, judgmental, downward twitch of his lips.

“I don’t have time for vacations, Eleanor. There’s an issue at our Fell’s Peak resort in Vermont that I need to address.”

She bristled at his robotic tone.

The way he said vacations, you’d never guess the man owned and oversaw several vacation resorts for a living.

“Are you heading back to Denver?” she asked, waiting for his expression to soften, hoping the warmth would return to his eyes.

He opened a cabinet and took out a jar of peanut butter. “No, I’m flying to Vermont this morning.”

Her jaw dropped. “This morning?”

What the hell had happened to him?

Last night, she’d fallen asleep next to the man who’d bared his soul to her. He’d opened up and talked about his parents. He’d kissed her and touched her with such tenderness. They’d made love, and he’d played along with her silly role-playing game.

He’d shed his hard CEO shell, hadn’t he?

She would have sworn she’d peeled back the layers and had seen the real Jasper Bergen. But the man mechanically spreading peanut butter onto a piece of toast wasn’t the same man who’d held her close. It wasn’t the same man who’d wanted to spend last night eating pastries off her body.

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