Cutie Pies and Deadly Lies: Murder in the Mix 1 by Moore Addison

Author:Moore, Addison
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-62430-075-2
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.
Published: 2018-09-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Noah Fox takes off into the crowd inside of the grand ballroom of the Evergreen Manor, and suddenly I really am moved to murder someone.

“How dare he!” I turn on my heels and smack into a body. Judging by the solid granite wall I don’t need to look up to confirm my suspicions, but I do. “Are you always going to get in my way like that?” I take a full step back before Everett tries to walk through me once again.

“No.” Everett smacks his lips as if he were bored with me before craning his neck into the crowd. “How dare he what? What did Noah Fox do now?”

I open my mouth to say something but think better of it. No matter how much the truth is wanting to spill out of me like a greasy glass of marbles, I’m betting Everett will suggest I take Noah’s advice. If it’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s male camaraderie—especially when it maligns my intentions. For the record, my intentions are good. I just want to put Merilee’s killer behind bars and be done with it. And now I have that note to contend with. Correction—had that note to contend with.

“Noah Fox just stole a piece of my private property before sauntering off into the crowd like he owned it.” I spot Noah at the buffet line stuffing his face with my butterscotch cookies, amassing quite the confection collection on that little white plate he’s holding.

Everett pushes out a quiet laugh. “That’s Noah in a nutshell.”

Just as I’m about to grill him into tomorrow with all the hellfire of a prosecuting attorney, Keelie steps in.

“Is this a private party? Or can anyone deliberate in your honorable presence?” Her teeth glitter as she bubbles with laughter. Keelie is adorable, and for whatever reason, every adorable ounce of her is annoying the heck out of me.

Neither Everett nor I bother to answer. Instead, I continue my interrogation of the questionably honorable judge.

“Is Collette Jenner the one who invited you tonight?”

“That she did.” He rocks back on his heels while scanning the room as if looking for her.

“I thought you said she was your ex? It sure doesn’t sound that way to me.” I shoot Keelie the side-eye. We’ve never been good at maintaining a relationship with our exes, seeing that the original relationship didn’t work out to begin with.

Everett grunts as if my line of questioning offends him on some level. “I’m on good terms with all of my exes. Collette invited several employees from the courthouse. The PR firm she works for is here in number, too.” He openly glowers into a crowd of suits.

“Do I sense a smidge of jealously?” I relish the thought. Even though I’ve only known him for a short time, I’m reveling in the fact something has gotten under his skin. Everett has been one hundred percent stoic and impossible to read since the beginning. I suppose that’s why his profession suits him so well.

“Not a smidge, not a drop.

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