My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis

Author:Jill Shalvis [Shalvis, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472223012
Google: 2oZZrgEACAAJ
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2015-12-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

It was several hours later before Hud got any kind of break and headed back to the lodge, starving. He ran into Gray on the steps and they entered the cafeteria together.

At a corner table sat Penny, Lily, and… Bailey. The three of them were clearly enjoying a late lunch together, laughing over something.

Gray grinned. “I just found what I want for lunch.”

Hud rolled his eyes and followed Gray to the table.

“And then, hand to heaven,” Penny was saying, “I heard Hud say to Gray, ‘Touch that remote, even think about switching the channel from Say Yes to the Dress, and I promise to act appropriately grief stricken at your funeral.’”

Lily snorted tea out of her nose.

Bailey laughed so hard she slid out of her chair and hit the floor.

The story was complete bullshit with not a lick of truth to it.

Okay, fine, so maybe he’d watched the show one time, but only because Penny had been really sick with pneumonia and they’d all taken turns sitting with her—babysitting her. When it’d been Hud’s turn, she insisted on that show. And yeah, maybe they’d spent the entire afternoon critiquing the dresses and soaking up the family drama on-screen. Hud looked at Gray, who went palms up like, Hey, don’t look at me, I can’t control her.

Shaking his head, Hud walked over to Bailey and scooped her up, setting her back into her chair. He knew better than to ask her if she was okay. Besides, she was still laughing so hard he had to keep his hands on her shoulders to hold her into the chair so that she wouldn’t slide to the floor again.

She got herself together enough to say to him, “I like that show too.”

Christ. He slid Penny a you’re-going-to-die-slowly look, which she, predictably, ignored.

Lily was trying to clean herself up after snorting her tea. “Damn,” she said to Penny. “I know better than to drink when you’re telling a story.”

Penny innocently dabbed her mouth with a napkin, smiling up at her husband. “Hey there, big guy. Want to buy me dessert?”

Gray grinned at her. “I’ve already got your dessert, babe.”

She gave him a saucy look before reaching for her purse, stopping to glance at Lily. “You gotta go, too, right?”

“In a few,” Lily said, and then suddenly jumped with an “ow” and a dirty look in Penny’s direction.

“Thought you had to get back to work too,” Penny said meaningfully, jerking her head in Hud’s direction. Either she was having a seizure or she wanted them all to leave Bailey and Hud alone.

Subtle. Not. But Lily wasn’t getting it. “I’ve got another ten minutes—” She started, only to jump like she’d been kicked again. “Dammit, would you stop doing that—”

“You said you had an appointment,” Penny said slowly, once again going with the head jerk in Bailey’s direction.

“Oh!” Lily said, the lightbulb going off. She too grabbed her bag and stood. “Right. You’re so right. I’ve got an appointment.”

“Uh-huh,” Hud said, smelling a rat. A matchmaking rat named Penny.

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