Wisteria Witches Mysteries Box Set 2 by Angela Pepper

Author:Angela Pepper [Pepper, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Archer Caine gave me a friendly, flirty look. He tilted his head and checked out my bare legs.

“Nice legs,” he said. “Even nicer without all the indentations from the carpet.”

I pointed my toes together and giggled. “My friend loaned me these clothes.” I tugged at the shorts—not that it made them any longer. “I didn’t plan to spend several days at a luxury resort dressed like a summer camp counselor.”

“Regardless, you bring some much-needed fresh blood to this place.”

“Fresh blood?”

His face froze for a second. “I meant to say fresh air.” He turned toward the stacks of cardboard boxes, breaking eye contact. “How’s your buddy doing?”

“My buddy?” I replayed bits of our early-morning conversation. I’d referred to my mother as my roommate. “Do you mean my roomie?”

“No. Your buddy the ice machine,” he said with a chuckle. “You two were cuddled up pretty tight last night.”

I leaned back against the door I’d come through and pressed my palms against the door behind my butt. I pushed my butt back on my hands with body language that was unfamiliar to me, Zara Riddle, but very familiar to Jo Pressman. This was her flirty stance, with the toes pointed together shyly combined with weird hip rocking that suggested something between dancing to a favorite song and needing to find a restroom. How was this attractive? It didn’t seem very cute to me, but it was working a magic of some kind. Archer was watching my movements out of the corner of his eye.

“Oh, that ice machine,” I said. “We’re not exclusive, just FYI.” The not-exclusive line had come from Jo, who was never asleep when there was an opportunity for flirting. She made my shoulder bob, so that my whole body was an undulating twist of girlish awkwardness. “Not exclusive at all.”

“You’re seeing other ice machines?”

“A lady doesn’t kiss and tell.”

“Are things getting serious with any of these ice machines?”

“I wouldn’t say we’re hot and heavy or anything. Well, heavy, but not hot. Because of the ice.”

Archer continued grinning as he scratched the back of his head in his own gesture of awkwardness.

“Good to know,” he said, and then he repeated the words one at a time. “Good. To. Know.”

My palms were so sweaty now, they were slipping down the door behind me. I adjusted them up, and they squeaked. Had Archer heard that?

“These doors are metal,” I said. “That’s for fire code safety.” The words came from my resident spirit.

“I figured as much,” he said, giving me a wary look.

“You’ll notice it’s painted blue,” I said. “Red is for doors that lead to publicly accessible areas of the castle, whereas blue is for staff-only spaces. Some doors are blue on both sides, and some doors are two-colored, but no doors are entirely red.”

“Are you sure about that?”

No, but Jo was. “Absolutely. I checked all the doors on my first week here, and none of them are red on both sides. Guests aren’t supposed to see red doors.”

Archer furrowed his brow and scratched the back of his head again.

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