Cody (Strauss Bear Shifter Brothers of Colorado Book 3) by Brittany White

Author:Brittany White [White, Brittany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

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CODY

Cody had let Jessie leave and then paced around, feeling like he was about to go out of his mind.

If there was the slightest chance Jessie was his mate, maybe this proved it. Because the thought that she was upset somewhere was driving him crazy. But she had clearly not wanted to talk to him. He pictured a little cloud of smoke following her when she’d run off, as if she were a cartoon.

Cody didn’t do well when he felt helpless about something. He tended to project it onto others, usually the kitchen staff. But he resisted the urge to head down to the kitchen and yell at the skeleton crew left at night for late dinners and desserts in the dining hall. Nothing was their fault and even if they knew his moods better than he knew his own and took it all in stride, he knew it wasn’t fair to them.

Instead, he went on a run in the woods. It wasn’t quite as joyful as his last. But he stretched his legs and stomped around in the creek and clawed at a tree. But after a half-hour of that, he felt no better. He returned to his suite and grabbed his keys, intending to go on a drive and distracted himself.

Somehow, he ended up at the Max Mart, an all purpose department store at the edge of town. It was an impulsive decision. He was driving and listening to music and thinking about how he might help Jessie once she was feeling better, he’d resisted the urge to text, when he saw the big yellow letters that spelled MAX from the road and impulsively decided to go shopping for the cubs.

An hour later, he was at her front door, hoping against hope that she actually felt like speaking to him.

“What did you do?” Jessie said. She was half-laughing and Cody grinned. That was a good sign anyway. At least she wasn’t upset anymore.

“I was just out driving,” Cody said with a shrug. She let him in and the kids all crowded around, stopping short at the edge of the area rug in the living room as they stared at Cody, as if it was some kind of barrier they would never dare to cross. “I was thinking, ya know. About... our conversation.”

He set the bags down on the floor and the children didn’t wait for permission before they attacked the bags to poke around inside. “And I sort of impulsively went shopping. I was worried there might be

things you need and I want to help, like I said.”

Jessie shut the door and stood facing him and he stepped closer. His instinct was to kiss her. It felt natural. He almost felt like he was coming home after work... Coming home to his family. There were worse things.

“I didn’t know if you still wanted to... ” Jessie’s mouth twisted and she played with her fingers.

She was obviously full of nerves. He wanted to put all that worry to rest and he took his hands in hers.

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