Under Her Wing by Ronica Black

Author:Ronica Black [Black, Ronica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 9781635550788
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2017-11-14T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Kassandra awoke to morning Lula kisses. She rolled to her side and squinted at the red numbers on her clock. Her alarm would go off in an hour. Her eyes felt heavy, and she was just about to fall back asleep when she smelled something. She sat up. Pancakes. She was sure of it.

“Jayden,” she whispered, suddenly remembering she had stayed over.

Lula jumped from the bed and scratched at the closed door. Kassandra followed her, opening the door and walking to the kitchen. Jayden was standing at the stove staring at a bubbling circle of batter and wearing one of Kassandra’s nightgowns. Lula rushed to kiss her ankles.

“Do not…” Jayden said without turning, “laugh at me.”

Kassandra pressed her lips together. “Okay.”

“This nightgown is way too short for me, and it feels way too close to a dress.” She tugged on it as if that would somehow make it remain lower on her mid-thigh.

“You look nice.” Kassandra couldn’t seem to look away from her long, tanned legs. Jayden flipped the batter with a spatula and turned. Kassandra smiled. Jayden was wearing the Garfield gown. The one that showed Garfield wearing a scowl and holding a mug of coffee. It said “I hate mornings.” The caption seemed to fit her as she stood with her hand on her hip, scowl on her face, dark hair disheveled.

“I told you not to laugh.”

“I’m sorry. It’s just…you look so cute.”

Jayden rolled her eyes. “Where in the world did you put my clothes?”

“Oh, I washed them. They’re in the dryer.” She turned to go get them.

“Don’t. It can wait until after we eat.”

Kassandra joined her at the small table next to the plantation blinds. Normally, Kassandra would open them for breakfast, but she was still uncomfortable in thinking that someone might be watching her.

“You didn’t have to go to all this trouble,” she said, feeling a little guilty. After all, Jayden was her guest.

“Nonsense. I love this. Besides, you look like you could use a good meal.” She sat across from her and sipped her orange juice.

Kassandra did the same, and they both dug into their pancakes and small talk. Kassandra kept looking up at her, secretly thrilled that she was there, sitting across from her, voice still scratchy from sleep. Her hair stood like a Mohawk, and her eyes seemed to penetrate in the kitchen light. She was breathtaking. Kassandra realized she never looked at Scott and felt this way. Was he just not the man for her…or were men in general not for her?

“What are you thinking about?” Jayden asked with a smile. “You look intense.”

Kassandra forked a bite of egg. “Nothing, just…” Should she tell her about Scott?

“Just…?”

Kassandra licked her lips, suddenly nervous. “I was thinking about my ex-husband.”

Jayden tried to hide her brief surprise, but Kassandra saw it.

“I’m sorry. I just had no idea you had been married.”

“I have.”

“You don’t sound too happy about it.”

“I’m not. I mean, I wasn’t. I just realize it more and more as time goes on.”

Jayden drank more juice.

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