Callan: Outback Shifters #2 by Chant Zoe

Author:Chant, Zoe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Ella wasn’t sure how long she’d been asleep when she finally woke up, except that it was clear from the slanting light through the window that it was afternoon now, and there’d been a covered bowl of soup and some toast placed on the nightstand beside her, along with a note: Sorry, didn’t want to wake you up. Hope it’s still warm when you do! – Myrtle

She slurped up the soup perhaps a little too quickly, but she was so hungry and it was so delicious that she just couldn’t force herself to slow down.

As she gobbled down the food, she wondered if it had been made with things grown right here on Hector’s – or Evelyn’s, to be more accurate – farm. Ella had always considered herself indifferent to tasty food, but the soup was making a liar out of her. Even lukewarm, it was delicious: hearty and rich, the broth creamy and the vegetables full of flavor.

Putting the bowl aside, she munched on the toast, enjoying it more than she could remember ever having enjoyed toast before. There was a remote control on the nightstand and a TV on the wall at the foot of the bed, and, mostly out of curiosity, Ella turned it on.

“Chloe, let me explain!” A pouting blonde appeared on the screen, flicking her hair over her shoulder. “You need to listen to me! I know I left Shane for his dad, but you don’t understand – it’s not him I love at all!”

“Maddy, what’re you talking about?” asked her equally blonde and pouty friend, heavily made-up eyes wide. “Didn’t you say before you’d always loved Shane’s dad?”

Ella raised an eyebrow, leaning forward.

This sounds like it could be fun.

“That’s what I thought,” Maddy replied, despair in her voice. “But I realize now I’ve gotten it all wrong, Chloe! It’s Jason I love! It’s always been Jason!”

“But Maddy, he’s your billionaire boss!” Chloe wailed, now flicking her hair over her shoulder. “Is that even legal?”

“I don’t know, Chloe, and I don’t care. All I know is –”

Whatever Maddy knew, Ella never found out, because at that moment she was distracted by the door opening and Callan stepping inside. She quickly switched the TV off – Callan probably didn’t need to know how easily she got sucked into trashy TV.

“What was that?” Callan asked as he closed the door behind him. “Sounded juicy.”

Ella laughed. “I dunno. Just some soap opera.”

“Well, don’t feel like you have to stop watching your soapie on my account.”

“I wasn’t really watching it,” Ella said. “Anyway, I’d rather talk to you. I mean – uh – I want to know what you’ve found out.”

Ella realized she was reverting to brusqueness again to cover up how flustered she was, and she took a deep breath, calming herself down.

“Can you tell me what’s going on?”

“Well, my head’s still attached to my body after I didn’t check in with my boss for more than twenty-four hours, so that’s a plus,” Callan said.

“Oh – was that a risk?” Ella asked, eyes wide.

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