Hope Falls: Carried Away (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Mayra Statham

Author:Mayra Statham [Statham, Mayra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Joel

He wasn’t kidding when he’d said she was perfect. She was. For him, she was utterly and beautifully perfect.

“Do you cook?” she asked, taking a sip of her soup. He nodded.

“I do. I like it, actually.”

“Really?”

“How about tomorrow, I cook dinner for you and you make dessert?” he suggested, throwing out the possibility of staying out here another day, knowing she wouldn’t miss it.

“Dinner and dessert?”

“We could stay another night. You don’t have to be back till Monday.”

“You are very tempting, Joel…“

“Think about it. We can hang out here until noon before we need to decide.”

“I don’t need to,” she told him. “We can stay,” she surprised him, making him feel like he had just won the freaking lottery. Then he pushed his luck further.

“So, speaking of things we do after a hard day at work, what happened at Monarchs Academy?”

“Layoffs.” She shrugged, digging into her soup, but he didn’t believe it for one second.

“Carrie—“

“My boss was a jerk, okay?” When she looked up at him from her bowl of soup, he could feel the hairs at his neck stand on end.

“Did he do something?”

“No. Not really.” With a sigh, she put her spoon down and placed both of her hands together while looking him dead in the eye. “Trent Lara and I didn’t agree on something and there was no way to find a resolution that we would both be okay with, so I found my spot in the unemployment line.”

“But you love teaching,” he pointed out. He had seen it with his own eyes. The passion and drive she had every day.

“I do. But Monarchs Academy isn’t the only school in Los Angeles.”

“But it’s one of the best.” He knew that without a doubt. It was one of the reasons that Riley Tech was testing its line of educational software there.

“It is, but I couldn’t stay there, Joel. He…“

“What did he do?” He couldn’t help the rough way the words came out. The idea of that man trying anything with his girl made his blood boil. That was until her cool hand covered his and he looked at her.

“He didn’t do anything.”

“Baby—“

“Tell me what you like to cook? Like what’s your favorite dish?” She was attempting to change the subject, and breathing in, taking in the image of her in his space, his home away from home, he exhaled knowing he was going to give in and let her.

“Steak and potatoes, a nice salad,” he replied. When her hand squeezed his, he felt his anger start to taper down.

“How did you get into it?”

“I was the oldest. My mom worked a lot.” He shrugged. “I learned so I could help her out.”

“That’s sweet.”

“Anyone would have done it.”

“We both know that’s not true.” She squeezed his hand again before she let it go and continued eating as they talked about the snow. She had never seen it snow before, and he was glad she had experienced that for the first time with him.

After dinner, they took turns taking showers and changing out of their clothes and into pajamas.

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