Big Pickle by J J Knight

Author:J J Knight [Knight, J J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781938150906
Published: 2020-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

19

Jace

I am so incredibly fucked.

On Monday morning, I know I’m supposed to go in at seven, like I have every morning since I started baking bread with Nova.

It’s a time I look forward to. Rolling dough. Telling stupid pickle jokes. And laughing with her before the rest of the crew comes in.

But it’s six forty-five, and I should be walking out the door of my apartment.

I can’t do it.

I just can’t. She doesn’t know I’m Jace Pickle. That I had my brother talk to her pretending to be me. That Audra is my assistant. That every time she writes me it goes to the number on my iPad and not my real phone.

It’s all a lie.

Would she have gone into the freezer and melted the frost on the cheesecake box if she had known who I was?

I don’t know.

I don’t know how to handle this.

I’m in the middle of this terrible angry rant with myself when I realize, I’ve left the condo.

I’m in my car.

I’m driving.

I’ve been so in my head that my body has decided screw this, bozo, let’s get to work.

I park the car and try to figure out what to do. Go in? Call and quit? What do I say to her after yesterday?

I can still feel her body in my hands. I can taste the sweet nub of her nipple in my mouth.

So, here’s the real problem.

I want her again. I want her badly. But I can’t.

It’s unethical.

It’s a lie.

Maybe I can come clean. I can tell her I’m Jace Pickle. I’m the asshole. I’m the one who wasn’t there for the crew, for the deli, for her.

I start walking toward my deli with a new sense of determination.

That’s what I’ll do.

I’ll tell her and face the music.

If she throws me out, she throws me out.

But if she doesn’t…

Maybe we have a shot.

I won’t wait for us to start baking the bread. I won’t do anything other than walk straight in there and tell Nova Strong I’m Jace. That I have two names. That both of us are me.

And that I think she’s incredible and smart, and I don’t think this deli would be any good without her. And I want to take her on a proper date.

And as soon as she’s willing, consenting, and dying for me as much as I’m dying for her, I’ll strip her naked, throw her on my bed, and ravish her until we collapse from exhaustion.

And then do it again.

I don’t realize how fast I’m moving until I’m already at the back door of the kitchen.

I take a deep breath. I’m Jace fucking Pickle, part of the Pickle Deli Dynasty. I can do this.

We’re good together. I can show her that. I will do whatever it takes.

I open the door.

Nova is inside, setting out shiny metal bowls on the main work table.

When I step through the door, her hands go still. She doesn’t look at me.

Is she upset at me?

I did walk away from her in the freezer.

I have to fix this.

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