Poet (Avenues Ink Series Book 3) by A.M. Johnson

Author:A.M. Johnson [Johnson, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: A.M. Johnson
Published: 2017-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

Melissa was quiet and I’d hoped whatever had been bugging her would have been cured by my mom’s famous Guinness stew. We were both sitting at the breakfast bar in my apartment in silence. Melissa was slowly stirring her spoon through her bowl, and I watched as the steam lifted and hovered above her food.

I cleared my throat and plastered on my best easy-going smile. “So, do you plan on telling me what’s on your mind? Because as much as I love a good awkward silence…”

She looked up at me with big brown eyes, her lips curling up at the corners, and said, “I’m a fan of awkward silence, didn’t I tell you?”

She sucked on her bottom lip, trapping her nervous smile and I chuckled. “Actually, you left that part out.” My smile dimmed. “Everything okay?”

“I’m just nervous, I think.”

“Or you hate the stew?” My eyes flicked to her bowl.

Melissa finally gave me a real smile. “Hell no, this is actually really good.”

“You sound amazed…”

“I wasn’t expecting this. You’re a single guy who took me to a bounce house place, I figured all I’d get was pizza or the standard guy spaghetti.”

My head tipped back as I laughed. “Standard guy spaghetti?”

She giggled and all that worry I’d been chewing on disappeared. “Yeah, my ex… it was the only thing he could cook.”

She scooped a spoonful of stew into her mouth and I ignored the “ex” statement for the moment as I said, “My mom taught me how to cook. Declan was always… off in his own world, and Liam was too busy supporting our family, so I got stuck helping Mom cook, but I’m glad for it.”

“I used to cook all the time, too. My father taught me all the family recipes, and when I was little, Maria and I would help him in the kitchen at the restaurant. I’ll have to make you dinner sometime.” She avoided my eyes, keeping her head down, and thick lashes dusted her cheeks as she blinked.

“I’d like that. Chinese has always been my thing, but Liam finally dragged me to the food truck down the street for tacos a couple of weeks ago. Holy shit, the food was amazing.”

“I’ll make you my pork carnitas tacos. Those food trucks can be authentic, but… I’ll win you over.”

She already had. “I’ll hold you to it.”

She actually snorted, which made me smile like an idiot. “I have no doubt,” she said and then scooped another spoonful of stew into her mouth.

I took a few bites, mulling over my next question. Melissa knew pretty much everything about me. I was an open book, always had been. My life was simple. I’d give her a tour of my small apartment later, maybe even the shop, but right now, I wanted the spotlight on her, I needed to get inside her head.

“How long were you with your ex?” I asked with as much nonchalance as I could muster.

The spoon in her hand hovered over the bowl for a second before she lowered it.

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