This Time Around by Fenske Tawna

Author:Fenske, Tawna
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503943209
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2017-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

Allie had planned to have Jack run her back to the B&B so she could pick up her car and head home alone for a shower.

But things unfolded a little differently.

“Where did she say those cat pills were?” Jack asked as he rummaged around in her grandmother’s kitchen cupboard.

My kitchen cupboard now, Allie amended silently as she picked up her phone to scroll through messages. She found the text she’d gotten from Skye a few minutes ago and read through it again.

“The cupboard right next to the refrigerator,” she said. “Top shelf.”

“Got ’em.”

Jack pulled the bottle out of the cupboard, along with the object Skye had described in her text as a pill rocket.

“You don’t have to do this, Jack,” she said. “I’m the one who told her to go ahead and stay out all night. I’m the one who agreed to pill the cats.”

“And you’re also the one who dealt with my crazy sister-in-law.” He set the pill supplies on the counter and folded his arms over his chest. “I could pill a hundred rabid cats and still not make up for tonight.”

“You had to deal with her, too,” she pointed out.

“Yes, but I’m dry. You, on the other hand—” He gestured to her still-sticky dress. “Go shower, Allie. I’ll take care of this.”

“But you shouldn’t have to—”

“I mean it,” he said. “You have a change of clothes here?”

She nodded. “Yeah. I’ve been keeping some stuff in the Laurelwood room. I thought it would make it easier to get work done around the place if I can stay the night sometimes.”

“Then go get cleaned up. Seriously. I have this handled.”

Allie hesitated, then nodded. “Thank you.”

She turned and walked down the hall, stifling a giggle as she heard Jack’s deep baritone crooning, “Here, kitty-kitty-kitty . . .”

The coaxing was followed by a howl of feline protest and Allie paused in the hallway, straining to hear if it was Maestro’s shrill screech or Maggie’s.

“You’re officially a crazy cat lady if you can distinguish one cat from another by its voice,” she muttered to herself as she stepped into the bathroom and pulled the door closed behind her.

Stripping off her wine-soaked dress, she wondered what Skye and Wade were up to. She’d practically had to order Skye to go ahead and stay out as late as she wanted, even after the cat caretaker had admitted her reluctance to cut the night short for a round of cat pilling. Was she having fun? Was Wade on his best behavior? Allie had to admit, she’d never seen her best friend looking so smitten over a woman. True, Wade and Skye had only just met, but there was a certain spark between them that went beyond the romance of an “opposites attract” chemistry.

Allie plucked her phone out of her handbag on the bathroom counter and sent a quick text to Wade.

Got Skye’s message about staying out a little late. You’re treating her well?

There was no immediate reply, which made sense if they were getting along as well as Allie suspected.

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