Harlequin Special Edition August 2020--Box Set 1 of 2 by Teresa Southwick

Author:Teresa Southwick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“Do you really think we’re going to eat two pizzas?” Jake asked, when he greeted Sky at the door the following Thursday night.

“Considering that I haven’t eaten all day, yes,” she told him, reaching down with her free hand to scratch behind Molly’s ears. The greeting had the dog’s whole back end wagging.

“But if we don’t, you can put the leftovers in the freezer,” she said, as she toed off her shoes. “Because even reheated, Jo’s pizza is better than anything from the frozen foods section in the grocery store.”

“Why haven’t you eaten all day?” he asked, apparently stuck on that part of her response.

“I was busy.”

“Too busy to grab a bite?” His tone was dubious.

“Yeah,” she said. “I had a meeting with the guidance department at the high school early this morning about an honor roll student who’s suddenly skipping classes and failing tests, then I went to court to provide moral support for a client who was testifying in a custody hearing that will decide whether or not her abusive soon-to-be ex-husband gets unsupervised visitation with their kids. When court broke for lunch, I went back to the high school to talk to the student who was the subject of the morning meeting, scheduled a follow-up with him for tomorrow, then returned to the courthouse for the afternoon session. After the hearing was finally adjourned for the day, I called Jo’s to order the pizza, then I picked it up and brought it here.”

“And you told me you didn’t have a full-time job,” he remarked.

“If I did, I’d probably work fewer hours,” she acknowledged. Then her gaze snagged on the bottle on the counter. “Is that wine?”

“Yeah. I don’t have a clue about grapes or vintages, so I called the restaurant we didn’t eat at last week to ask about the reds on their wine list and this one sounded familiar.”

“It’s one of my favorites,” she said, absurdly touched by his effort. “And I would really enjoy a glass of it right now.”

“I’ll open it,” he promised, retrieving a corkscrew from the drawer of utensils. “But I think you should have a slice of pizza first.”

“I’m not going to get drunk from one glass of wine on an empty stomach,” she promised, setting the boxes on the table so that she could wash her hands.

“Let’s not test that theory,” he advised.

“All right.” After drying her hands on the towel that hung on the handle of the oven, she reached into the cupboard to retrieve plates for their meal.

“I’ve got plates in the living room,” he said, as he pulled the cork out of the bottle. “I thought we’d eat in there tonight.”

“Okay,” she agreed, guessing that there was a game that he wanted to watch on the big screen.

She picked up the pizza boxes again and followed him into the living room, stopping short when she saw that he’d draped a cloth over the coffee table and set it with what she guessed had been his aunt’s good china, real silver and linen napkins.

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