Magic, New Mexico: Seducing Sela (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Zolon Warriors Book 2) by Tianna Xander

Author:Tianna Xander [Xander, Tianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“I can’t let you pay for our groceries.” Sela shook her head when Ceno pulled out his credit card.

“Why not?” Ceno insisted on paying for everything. After all, his family was about to descend upon them like a swarm of locusts if he knew his brothers.

He also had the feeling that Sela and Clyde lived rather close to the edge and he’d already accepted a night’s board and two meals from them. That had to be worth something.

“It’s too much.” She crossed her arms with a scowl. “Heck, I gathered enough to fill my freezer and my cupboards, which were almost totally bare.”

“Old Mother Hubbard, huh?” He smiled, remembering bits of the tale he’d heard about the old woman from someone in Magic.

“Yeah, only I don’t live in a shoe.” She tapped her foot as the cashier had him insert his card into the reader and then gave him the receipt.

“Let him pay.” Her grandfather said as he pulled back on the handle of the electric cart. “Watch it, boy! You almost got your foot caught under the wheels.” He grinned and kept driving the cart through the lane, almost upsetting a display of canned goods. “Whooeee! This thingamajig moves fast when it’s empty.”

“Can we get help with this?” Ceno nodded toward the carts.

“Sure thing, sugar.” The cashier smiled and cracked her gum. “I’ll help you myself.” The girl stepped away from her register amidst a series of complaints from the people in line behind them. “Oh, I was just kidding. I’m gonna find them a cart guy. Keep your pants on. I’ll be right back.” She rolled her eyes and headed for the door.

“Ready, Sela?” Ceno glanced at her and frowned. “Is something wrong?”

“No. Nothing’s wrong.” She glared at him as the cashier closed her line down to help push a cart out to her truck when she couldn’t find anyone else to help them. “I’ll take that.” She pulled the cart away from the girl and bared her teeth with a smile. “You should probably go back and help those people who were behind us.”

“Maybe I was wrong about this one,” Gramps said as she stopped the cart next to the bed of the truck and opened the storage compartments.

“What do you mean,” she asked absently as she started handing things up to Ceno who had hopped into the back.

“I never saw you get jealous over girls flirting with Jerk—I mean Jack. And this one has his own money. Do you have a job, Ceno?”

“As a matter of fact, I’m part owner of a full-service gas station and garage in Magic, New Mexico. Why?”

Clyde grinned up at him. “I think I’m starting to like you.”

“Grandpa, really!” Sela had never been more mortified in her life. “Stop embarrassing me.”

“I’m glad to hear that, Sir.” Ceno grinned at him as he stashed the groceries in the lock boxes. Spinning around, he glanced at one of the boys on the other side of the truck. They’d hurried to help when they’d seen them exit the store with four carts and an old man in a store-provided scooter.

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