Under Daddy's Protection by Serafine Laveaux

Author:Serafine Laveaux [Laveaux, Serafine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2019-06-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Thursday morning Nikki woke up to the heavenly smell of pancakes and bacon. For the first time in nearly a week she felt rested and alert. Although she’d fought tooth and nail to stay up after their arrival, she was glad Gage had made her go to bed. She didn’t want to spend what little time she had in Japan stumbling around yawning and exhausted.

She found Gage with his laptop and some coffee seated at the table, with a wide assortment of food laid out across it. “I thought I’d leave the cooking to the hotel this time,” he said without looking up from his laptop. “There’s pancakes with smoked bacon and maple syrup, and a few other things I thought you might like. Healthier things,” he added, looking up at her with one eyebrow raised as he gestured to a bowl full of yogurt sprinkled with granola and assorted berries. “Wash your hands!” he scolded before she could pick anything up. Nikki rolled her eyes and stomped to the sink to quickly wash them, then skipped back to the delicious spread waiting for her on the table.

“Aren’t you eating?” she asked as she grabbed the plate of pancakes and bacon. The yogurt might have been the healthier option but she never turned down a plate of carbs and sugar. “Oh Em Gee,” she moaned through the first delicious mouthful. “Who knew I had to go to Japan to find the best pancakes ever?”

Gage smiled indulgently as he shook his head. “I already ate,” he said as he went back to studying his laptop screen. “And we’re going to have to work on that sweet tooth of yours. You’re under a lot of stress right now. You need to get plenty of sleep and eat right. The last thing we need is for you to get sick. But,” he added, “I suppose once in a while won’t hurt.”

Nikki sat down across from him and concentrated on her breakfast while he outlined his plans for the next few days. They had come to Tokyo to get her out of sight and give whatever was going on back home time to die down, but he still had a job to do and that meant he wouldn’t always be around. He made her promise she would stay in the hotel whenever he was gone. “You don’t speak Japanese,” he reminded her, “and Tokyo is a labyrinth if you don’t know your way around. It would be easy for you to get lost.”

She promised, but crossed her fingers under the table. She’d looked Tokyo up online before they left and already had a lengthy list of places she wanted to check out while they were there. This might be her only chance and she wasn’t about to spend the entire time stuck in a hotel room, no matter how fabulous it was. She’d even discovered a website that featured locals who would show you around the city, and many of them didn’t charge for the service.

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