Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 67

Chapter 67

My stomach growled had skipped lunch to–get through the day faster. Briar had insisted this morning that

dinner was on her today, since I covered yesterday and gave her a ride. I sure wasn’t too good to turn down a

home cooked meal, or extra time with Briar. My stomach growled again, louder this time. Briar snorted. Misty was

quiet on the line. The only sound was the vague clicking of keyboard keys.

“Guess you came hungry?” she said looking up at me, as she tossed a salad.

“I’m always hungry. I’m a growing boy, or haven’t you noticed?” I kicked myself for my big mouth cuz the cocky

double meaning was obvious in my tone. Briar shook it off as if she refused to accept the notion.

“Ahh, well, that’s my cue to go. Gotta get Cricket from school. Love you.”

“Love you, too. Let her know I’ll Facetime her when I’m better,” she called before Misty could hang up.

“Of course, she misses you, too. Get better soon, cuz she keeps asking for you.”

“I miss her, too.”

“More reason to take this asshole down. The sooner he’s dealt with, the sooner I can come see my bestie!” she

said, before hanging up.

“So when you two say you are close, how close is that?” I asked. Misty seemed to talk to Briar like they were

family.

“We met in college, Misty dropped out her first year cuz of Cricket, I guess if we were religious, you’d say she was my goddaughter. I slept on Misty’s couch more times than I can count. Changed Cricket’s diapers in the middle of the night, so Misty could get a break, and Cricket tells me all her ‘secrets.‘ Misty was the only one there, when

Jake couldn’t be, when Mama got sick.”

crets.

I nodded understanding, they probably mentally supported each other through the toughest parts of their lives, and they were still doing it. Sometimes found family was stronger than blood. “What are we having?” I asked.

“Burgoo.”

“Never heard of it.”

“We make it a lot where I come from, it’s cheap, delicious and sticks to your bones. It’s the first thing I’ve craved in a while, so I figured I’d give it a go. Food has been difficult lately,” she admitted out loud for the first time.

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job,” I let her know, as I squeezinged her shoulder as I walked past her to the cabinet with the plates. She didn’t

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