Storms Over Texas by Tessa Gray

Author:Tessa Gray
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781647160562
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
Published: 2020-04-22T04:00:00+00:00

As he reached for the lid, she bolted toward him, pushing his hand away.

“Don’t remove the lid, Jake. It’ll ruin everything.”

Shrugging, he dug his hands into the pocket of his jeans. “That makes absolutely no sense.”

“Trust me on this. I know what I’m doing. You have to keep the dumplings covered for exactly fifteen minutes.”

He shook his head and walked over to the fridge. After he’d pulled out a can of soda, he popped the lid and took several swigs. “Don’t you think you’re going a little overboard with this?”

His indifference stung, but she bit her tongue, determined not to get sucked into an argument.

She finished preparing the meal and began gathering the food to carry to the table. Jake helped her, but the two of them didn’t speak.

Frustrated by how quiet he’d become, she felt the need to defend herself for making such a big deal about cooking the dumplings. “The thing about the recipe, well, if you take the lid off, the steam escapes and the dumplings end up dry. That’s what Meema always told me. Sometimes when you cook, you need to just trust the process. It might not make sense to you at the time, but you follow the recipe to the letter anyway. It boils down to trust—trusting the recipe—trusting the process. Even though it sounds kind of crazy.”

Working the muscles of his jaw, he frowned. “This isn’t really about the dumplings, is it?”

She shrugged and continued eating, marveling at his uncanny ability to figure people out. Her, in particular.

~ ~ ~

Jake watched Rachel pick at her food, astonished she wasn’t scarfing it down. The recipe had lived up to its reputation. The dumplings were moist and tender—just as she’d said they would be. The succotash she’d prepared reminded him of the time he’d spent at the Wainwrights. To this day, it remained his favorite vegetable.

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