Tasty: Second Chance Chef Romance by Emma Blake

Author:Emma Blake [Blake, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Allie

Searching for a job was draining but a necessary evil I had to endure if my plans of leaving Hannibal were ever going to come to fruition. So I buckled up, armed myself with all kinds of snacks, and went from ad to ad. With each one I clicked, the lower my heart sank. Either the pay was too little, or the job description looked sketchy. Changing tactics, I searched by city.

I started with California. Yay to beaches, celebrities, and top-notch wine. I could love it there. But the job posts on my screen didn't go past the first page.

What? Weren't big cities supposed to have more job opportunities?

I rephrased my search terms and waited, munching on Oreos in the meantime. Two ads added to all the others I'd seen before, and their proposed salaries were...dismal.

I ditched that and went to scour for apartments instead. If the salaries weren’t so awesome, but the housing was cheap enough I could get by, then when I found better opportunities, I could move on and...nope. The apartments were super expensive. Looking at it was already causing dread to pool in my gut.

“Argh!” I groaned and collapsed on my back. Why couldn't this be easier? Find a great job, fly across the country, and start my dream life.

I rolled over and planted my face in my pillow. "Everything is so hard." I fake cried, then sniffed, but the scent floating into my lungs pushed aside my worries.

Cal.

He’d slept on this pillow and left his imprint. I inhaled another breath, not caring if it was weird and obsessive. No one could see me, so it didn't matter. I hugged the pillow, wishing it was his big, muscled body instead.

I smiled as I recalled the previous day. At first, I'd woken up worried he'd already left, but then I smelled the most delicious aroma and padded my way to the kitchen to see Cal standing there, preparing breakfast. I was so shocked I watched him for a full minute, admiring his backside. Then when he turned to me, I all but melted.

It was so sweet of him to make breakfast and stock up my kitchen with a few essentials. Was it crazy I was ready to drop all my Saturday plans and invite him back into my bed? And on his way out, he’d planted the softest kiss on my cheek. I stood stock-still for a full minute after he left, debating whether I should say fuck it and call him back. Even now, a delicious thrum was making my center ache, and I was glad my phone was out of reach before I "checked on him."

This daydreaming about him was what I had feared. I couldn't let him take up space in my head. Yesterday, I combated it by grocery shopping, cleaning, and baking, but today, I had nothing else to do. So, to pass the time and not obsess over Cal, I opened my laptop and searched for jobs and apartments in my dream cities.

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