Taking the Belle: Big Easy Shifters: Book One by Knox Abby

Author:Knox, Abby
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Author Abby Knox, LLC
Published: 2020-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Rosemary

The night after Mardi Gras, which this year also happened to be the night before Valentine’s Day, the wolf pack surprised Rosemary and Ash with a surprise engagement party on the roof of his building overlooking Bourbon Street.

That is to say, everyone in the wolf pack was there, except for Pen.

“… I think I messed this friendship all the way up,” Rosemary was saying to her cousin GiGi, who was nodding sympathetically.

“Well,” GiGi replied, “just try to enjoy tonight. Look at this place! Your fiancé has the best view in the entire French Quarter.”

Rosemary nodded and followed GiGi’s gaze. She was right. It was a gorgeous night, and the parade tourists were mercifully sparse. Bourbon Street was a dull roar of hungover revelers mixed with jazz music. On the rooftop, the partygoers ate fresh crab, gumbo, jambalaya, and some insane appetizers that GiGi and her staff had made. Rosemary took one bite and had intended to give the catering job right there to GiGi.

“GiGi! This is incredible!” Rosemary said through a mouthful of appetizers. “You need to—”

Just then, as if parting the Red Sea, a celebrity was in their midst and headed their way.

Vann West strode through the parted crowd, and Rosemary watched him make a beeline for Ash.

“Is that…?” She turned back to GiGi. Her cousin was not half as impressed as everyone else at the party.

“Yeah,” GiGi said. “Did you know they were friends?”

Rosemary nodded. “Not just friends. Pack mates.”

Ash, with his arm around Vann, dragged his friend over to meet her. “Sweets, I’d like to introduce you to someone.”

Rosemary smiled. “Oh, I know who you are.” She held out her hand and let this new wolf put his paw on her hand, but only briefly.

“Ash,” she said, gesturing to GiGi, “this is my cousin GiGi, a local chef here in New Orleans. She’ll be catering for the wedding.”

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw GiGi shooting her a look.

Ash looked shocked and embarrassed. “Baby, I’m so sorry. But uh, Vann has already asked to take on the catering as part of his wedding gift to us, and I said yes.”

“Without checking with me?”

“I’m sorry,” Ash said, looking stricken that he might have committed a major faux pas against the family even more profound than offending Lionel.

Vann flashed a charming smile at GiGi. “Weddings are so stressful. Wouldn’t you rather simply enjoy the wedding?”

GiGi spoke up. “I would wager the last time you catered a wedding you were one of the servers. I’m sure television keeps you very busy these days. But that’s all right. You go on ahead and take the catering and leave the big pressure job to me. People are very forgiving about the food, as long as the cake is good.”

“Great,” Vann said. “It’s settled then.” He winked at GiGi. GiGi, it seemed to Rosemary, bristled at the cocky chef’s flirtatiousness.

The details were hashed out, and Ash, sensing a cat and dog duel in the making, dragged Vann away to get a drink, shooting an apologetic look at his soon-to-be bride.

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