Second chance for the Mafia prince (January and Gulliver) novel Chapter 200

Dinner Part II

She was irritated to see the seat left for her next to Gulliver, with Kaylee on the other side of him.

Sitting down next to him, she tried her best not to flinch when

he flung his arm over the back of her chair.

“There she is, Kaylee. I told you she didn’t run out the back door.”

“Why would I run out the back door?”

Kaylee beamed at her, still sleepy eyed and yet coming to life in bursts, “I didn’t say the back door. I said you might have run through that door!” she pointed to the kitchen door. “That’s where the food is. Mom is definitely hungry.”

Gulliver’s thumb managed to find it’s way to her shoulder and he slowly made circles, his thumb burning the pattern through the thin sweater she’d thrown over her blouse. She wanted to slap him off, but Kaylee was watching her so intently she didn’t

dare cause a scene.

“Are you hungry, Mom? You are right?”

“I really am.”

41/want ten chicken nuggets,” Kaylee patted her stomach, “m:20

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“I think they only do the chicken tenders here and they’re really long. How about four tenders, a plate of carrots and celery and ranch and some fries?”

“How about,” Kaylee countered with a grin, “six tenders, no vegetables and gravy with my fries?”

“Yeah, no deal.”

“Mom!” she whined loudly.

“I think I’m going to have extra veggies with my dinner,” Gulliver said suddenly, his thumb never stopping it’s movement on January’s shoulder. “I think I’ll get some raw veggies and some steamed veggies.” He was flipping through a menu casually and he looked at January, “do you want to share a couple plates of appetizers?”

She wanted to scream at how familiar he was acting despite what she’d said to him back at the house. He was overstepping by leaps and bounds because Kaylee was there and he knew she wouldn’t do anything to make his daughter upset.

“I was thinking a burger and fries.” She countered with a shake of her head.

“Oh, what if you get the triple burger,” he pointed at it on the menu, “and we split it down the middle. You get onion rings, I’ll golfries and we’ll share the veggies?”

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“Sure, yeah, whatever,” she met her mother’s eyes and saw the recrimination there at her lackluster response. She wanted

to snap at her and ask what the woman wanted from her but instead she grabbed the pitcher of water off the table and poured herself a glass and guzzled it back thirstily.

“Dad, can I get a milkshake?”

“Of course.”

January rolled her eyes as he didn’t even ask if it was appropriate. What if Kaylee was lactose intolerant or had allergies?

Thisbe rested her elbows on the table from where she sat next to Analia, “so January, your jewelry designs are incredible and I’m in awe of how well you’ve managed to promote your brand. What is your business plan like moving forward? Will you stick to the design and letting Lottie manage the shop?”

“Why wouldn’t I?”

“Well, I mean now you don’t have to hide, you could be more involved in the day–to–day operations, like meeting with customers and doing more specialized design requests?”

“Why was Mom hiding?”

January shot Thisbe a dirty look and then looked at Given 0:20

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who also gave his sister a glare which should have withered her on the spot.

“I wasn’t hiding, baby. I don’t like being in the spotlight and I don’t like meeting with the customers. Thisbe feels I was hiding in the back of my shop instead of dealing with the customers, that’s all. I have no plans to take on more specialized design requests. Too much consulting takes me away from the crafting part of my business. I like the creativity and the independence in what I’m doing.”

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