Wild Irish: Whiskey Wild (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Love Whiskey Style Book 1) by Jen Talty

Author:Jen Talty [Talty, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-03-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 7

JW HAD NO IDEA WHY HE’D opened his stupid mouth. He’d made a potentially awkward situation insanely uncomfortable for himself and Kitty. What would she tell her parents when he took off back to Idaho, never to be heard from again?

And how would that make him look?

More importantly, why did he care?

“What are you guys doing here?” Kitty asked, tossing a towel over her shoulder in an attempt to act casual, but since she crinkled her forehead, she was anything but casual.

“We’re going to the movies, but your father got the time wrong and we have about forty-five minutes to kill,” her mother said. JW gazed at the striking woman, just like Kitty with her red hair and blue eyes.

Despite his second guessing, he pulled out a stool.

“Why, thank you,” her mother said, giving him a short smile and an inquisitive stare. “I’m not sure how to ask this—”

“Then don’t ask, Shannon,” her father said with a stern, but playful tone. He too had red hair, though JW couldn’t be entirely sure since the man was bald, but his goatee was bright red. Redder than Kitty’s hair, which JW didn’t think possible, and seeing the strong genes made him wonder what kids with Kitty might look like.

Oh for fuck’s sake, don’t go there.

“But he did say he wanted to meet us, so I just want to know who he is and why,” her mother said. She had a sweet ring to her voice. Almost southern.

“This is JW,” Kitty said, setting a beer in front of her father and a glass of white wine in front of her mother.

“It’s a pleasure.” Her father reached across the bar, extending a hand. “I’m Patrick, and this is my lovely, but somewhat nosey bride, Shannon.”

“Nice to meet you both.” A pang of hurt squeezed his heart. While his grandparents and Chuck had made a fantastic home for him and his younger siblings after his parents died, he missed them more than anything. Being the oldest, he remembered the most about them, which made it harder on him in some ways. Time would never heal that wound, but it did make it easier to live with on a daily basis.

“So, JW, how long have you known my Kitty?” Shannon asked, lifting her glass and taking a small sip, while keeping her cool-blue eyes locked on him. Her tone was neither accusatory or aggressive, but it did toss him into the endless pit of nothing as he opened his mouth and absolutely no words came out. He couldn’t tell her the truth.

“Long enough,” Kitty said, shaking her head.

“Oh, good grief, what is he doing here?” Patrick said, jerking his head toward the front of the restaurant.

“It’s a free country, Dad, and I’d appreciate it if you didn’t engage him.”

“That’s fine with me,” Shannon said, resting her fingers on JW’s biceps, patting gently. “I’d rather talk with your new friend, anyway. He’s so much more handsome…and sweeter.”

He reached for his hat, wanting to hide under it

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