“I think I’d miss you even if we’d never met.”
– The Wedding Date.
Chapter 12
Carter
Normally, on the fourth, we would take the boat out, hook up with a few others, grill out, and watch the fireworks.
However, a big storm was set to blow in a matter of hours.
Harlee had the idea of gathering at someone’s house and having a cookout and doing fireworks there.
The only place that had a covered area was mine.
When she had looked at me, I winked, “It’s cool.”
I sighed as I finished picking up the last of the clothes in the living room and tossing them into the washer.
I had just walked back into the kitchen where she was cooking.
Again.
The table was already littered with food.
“Harlee Belle, the fuck are you doing now?” I asked her.
She smiled up at me, “You’ve seen how much you and your brothers put away, right?”
I looked at the food, thought about it, and nodded, “Just tell me to shut up next time, okay?”
She grinned, then got back to making a few more dishes of food.
I had offered to help, I truly did, but she had laughed in my face, “I love you, Carter Alexander Griggs, but you can’t cook for shit.”
Yeah, I still felt bad when I made her chicken last week, and the chicken wasn’t done in the middle.
I felt like total shit when she was puking.
She had banished me from ever cooking for her again, unless I took some cooking lessons.
Garrick was the first to show up with Dominik.
Alec showed up then Ethan and Melanie.
Talia walked in with Lila and Everly, heading to the kitchen to offer their help.
Darla and Peter showed up at the same time mom and dad did.
And when Misty, Darla, and Peter headed to the kitchen to help, my woman smiled at them and said, “Please don’t take this as rude, but I don’t want any of you in my kitchen.”
No one commented on themy kitchencomment.
Because, since I was hers, everything I had was hers.
Peter, Misty, and Darla all lifted their brows.
Then Harlee sighed, “Mom, Dad, y’all are in the diner seven days a week, cooking for the masses. You’re not doing it here. Misty, you’ve cooked all the meals for your family. Take a load off, please.”
