House of Payne^Ice by Stacy Gail

Author:Stacy Gail [Gail, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Published: 2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Purr.

Purr.

Purr.

Dear God, Sunny thought groggily. Her world was now so absurdly cat-filled that even in her dreams she couldn’t escape the freaking felines. Next she’d be shopping for all sorts of cat-themed apparel.

What a nightmare.

PURR.

“Goddamn it.” Well and truly pissed, Sunny started to sit up, then froze when some sort of weight fell off her chest. Half-asleep with a mess of hair in her eyes, she blinked blearily at the unfamiliar gold and black comforter draped over her, then at the fluffy calico sitting an inch or two away. “Oh. Right. I remember you. I guess you weren’t a dream, after all.”

For an answer, the cat purred louder and rested a paw on her comforter-covered lap.

“Yeah, okay. You can come up. Just don’t expect me to speak LOLcat to you, because that’s just a bridge too far.” Slumping back down into the pillows, Sunny turned her head to look at the empty side of the bed where Ice had been the night before.

But wasn’t there now.

In a heartbeat she was wide awake and drowning in a tsunami of insecurity.

This is a bad sign, her mind nagged at her. Waking up alone, with his side of the bed stone-cold.

Wait.

Was it stone-cold?

Curiously she swept a hand along the empty expanse of bed up to the pillow that still held the imprint of Ice’s head.

Yep.

Downright glacial.

He hadn’t even bothered to wake her. Where was he, and why did he leave without waking her? Was this a not-so-subtle hint that he was done with her, and was now waiting for her to get her lazy butt out of bed so he could kick her out?

“Crap,” she muttered, rubbing a hand at the sudden tension in her brow. “Here it comes. The morning-after weirdness. God, I hate this part.”

For an answer, Spike climbed onto her stomach and hunkered down, eyes slitted and purring like an engine.

“I don’t suppose your new owner told you whether or not he wants me to get up and politely vacate without speaking a word to him,” she muttered, beginning to scowl as her attention went from the empty side of the bed to the empty space of the open door. The way she saw it, an open door was an unspoken invitation to get the hell out. “Is he even in the apartment? Maybe he forgot I was here and just headed out to work already. Do me a favor—go look for me.”

Not surprisingly, the cat didn’t move, except the lazy twitching of her plume-like tail.

“This morning-after crap probably wouldn’t be so awkward if he were here. Then again, I can make anything awkward. It’s like my mutant-level gift. I’d wear a cape, but I’d probably get tangled up in it. See? Awkward.” Absently she petted the cat’s fuzzy head while staring up at the ceiling. “Awkward, and now I’m talking to a cat. I’ve seriously got to find a new job before I turn into one of the cat people and start meowing.”

“Good to hear you’re open to

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