Say Goodbye to Melody by Velvet Vaughn

Author:Velvet Vaughn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, romantic suspense, romance ebook, romance series, romantic suspense series, romance and suspense, romantic suspense novel, suspense and romance, romantic suspense ebook, romance and suspense series

Chapter Fifteen

“Are you hungry, Mel?”

Melody jolted when Grant’s hand brushed a strand of hair from her face and then lingered. He almost admitted to her that he was starving, but not for food. He didn’t want to freak her out more than she already was. She’d been through an ordeal—several ordeals—in the last forty-eight hours, a point driven home by his big brother.

At her nod, he dropped his hand and held out the barstool for her to take a seat. She climbed up and then he eased into the seat next to her. Damn, his entire side felt like it was on fire.

Melody reached over and grabbed the purse she’d placed on the counter earlier and withdrew a pill container while he pulled the cork out of the wine bottle and poured them each a glass.

“I heard you telling Kayla you didn’t need a prescription for painkillers, but I can see by the strain on your face that you’re hurting.”

“A little,” he admitted. “More than a little, actually.”

“Will you take Ibuprofen?”

At his nod she shook out the pills and handed them to him. He popped them in his mouth and downed them with a sip of wine. Probably not good to mix the two, but what the hell. “Before we eat, how about a toast?”

She picked up her glass. “What are we toasting?”

“To new friends.” They clinked rims and each took a sip.

“Is that what we are?” Her question was whispered.

“Um, hum.” He eased her glass from her hand and placed it on the counter alongside his. Then he kissed her. He couldn’t help it. She tasted of fruity wine and all woman and it took every bit of self-control he possessed to pull back. His sister had gone to a lot of trouble to prepare the meal for them and if they didn’t eat it, he’d never hear the end of it.

They picked up their forks and dug in. He was used to Kaitlyn’s delicious healthy cooking, having grown up with it. Melody was still relatively new to it and she groaned in appreciation. His body reacted predictably to the sound.

“I swear, I don’t know how she does it. Every meal is decadent.” She dug in for another huge bite. “I don’t even know what this is, but it’s delicious.”

“She knows her way around the kitchen. This is her version of Spaghetti Carbonara made with zucchini.” Kait taught herself how to cook after their parents had been killed in a plane crash on their way to one of Luke’s football games at Notre Dame. Luke forfeited his scholarship and a sure-fire shot at the National Football League to come home to take care of Grant, Ben and Kait. Grant tried everything he could to talk Luke out of it. He insisted he was old enough to look after the younger two, but Luke would hear nothing of it.

At the time, Grant didn’t realize that if Luke hadn’t come home, the three of them would’ve been shipped off to foster homes.

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