The Setup by Ofelia Gränd

Author:Ofelia Gränd [Gränd, Ofelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2022-11-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

The chicken was delicious. Ellis pointed at it with his fork and moaned appreciatively with his mouth full. He swallowed too soon and winced as it went down. “This is amazing.”

Dax, who sat across from him, looked away, almost embarrassed. “It’s nothing.”

“It sure is. Best I’ve had in ages.” He took another mouthful. “Do you want some wine? I brought wine.” He paused with his fork halfway to his mouth, heaped with more chicken. “Do you think I’ll be able to drive back tonight?”

Dax shook his head. “According to the weather report, it’s gonna snow like this until about three in the morning.”

“I need to be in Whiteport at six tomorrow morning. Or seven if I go straight to work.” He looked down at himself. He couldn’t work in jeans and a knit sweater, but it wouldn’t take more than a minute to rush up to his apartment and grab work clothes. “Please say it will be possible. I really, really don’t want to call Jenna. She has to have some time off.”

Dax rubbed his neck and looked into his eyes. For a moment, Ellis forgot how to breathe. Dax was hot—big and rugged. Ellis wanted to crawl up on his lap and do dirty things to him. He wanted those big hands all over his body. Swallowing a groan, he put more food into his mouth. “This is seriously good. You should be a chef.”

A light blush painted Dax’s cheek, and Ellis grinned.

“If you’re lucky, they will have cleared the road in the morning, but I can’t guarantee it. They focus on the town and the big roads.”

“If I could get to the highway, I could get back to Whiteport?”

Dax shrugged. “It depends on the weather.”

Nodding, Ellis took another bite. “I’m gonna pretend as if it’s guaranteed and not call Jenna.”

Dax looked pained, which had Ellis laughing.

“We’ll wait and see. Don’t you have anyone else you could call?”

Ellis took another bite before getting to his feet. Since he wasn’t driving for at least a few hours, he’d have a glass of wine. The lemon chicken deserved some wine. He grabbed the bag with the bottles from the hallway and placed them on the kitchen table. “I could call Bianca. She can open the shop if I’m not there on time, but she doesn’t work in the kitchen. Though, perhaps there won’t be many customers in this weather, so she’d get by on what we have until I can get there.”

He walked around the table toward the cupboards. “Do you want a glass?” He put a hand on Dax’s shoulder, and he jumped at the touch, then slumped as if to escape the touch.

“Ah…eh…yeah, sure.”

Ellis gave his shoulder a light squeeze before removing his hand and grabbing two glasses from the cupboard. He found them on his second try.

“Red or white?” He held up the bottles to Dax. “Or do you want a beer instead? I have—”

“Wine’s fine. You pick.”

“We’ll go with white then. I think it goes best with the chicken.

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