Red And The Bear (Grimm Bears 1) by Natalie Kristen

too busy
to listen to their concerns and suggestions.
    Jack put down the phone and
read his incoming emails. He replied to them promptly and turned his
attention to the other documents on his desk.
    There was a knock on his
door. Jack looked up to see Rose walk in with a broad smile.
    “Hey.”
    “Hey, darling.”
Jack stood up immediately and went to kiss her. He put his hand on
her swollen belly and was rewarded with a swift kick against his
palm.
    Jack lowered his face to
Rose's tummy. “Ah, you're a feisty little lass. Just like
your mom,” he murmured delightedly.
    Rose laughed. “Are you
done with work?” she asked. “Your brothers are arriving
any minute now. We'll can start dinner once they're here. Nan
roasted two turkeys and there's soup, mashed potatoes, salad and
pie...”
    “Only Hans and Derek
are coming. Not the entire company,” Jack chuckled.
    “Your managers came
last Friday. Before that, your whole legal department came for
dinner. And three directors will be coming next week,” Rose
said, ticking off her fingers. “I think we've had your entire
company over for dinner already.”
    “That's why they keep
insisting on coming out here for their meetings,” Jack said.
“You and Nan have been feeding them so well.”
    Rose smiled. “Yep.
Nan loves having your family and staff over.”
    Jack logged off his computer
and walked out of his office with her. He looked around the
sprawling living room and saw vases of fresh flowers on the table.
Rose had decorated the place beautifully. The long dining table
often served as a meeting table for his staff.
    Jack had renovated Nan's
little cottage and added huge rooms and extensions to it. He had his
large office beside their bedroom, and Nan's bedroom was now almost
as big as her brand new modern kitchen.
    Jack had sold his old
sprawling mansion and settled comfortably in Redcape Grove. He was
still the CEO of the Grimm Group, and he knew everything that went on
in the company. His staff still reported to him, and they came down
to Redcape Grove very frequently for meetings and dinner.
    His brothers also came to
visit and discuss some aspects of the business with him. But mainly,
they came for the food.
    Nan and Rose were now the
proud owners of The Cottage chain of restaurants. The Cottage In the
Woods in Redcape Grove was now the largest restaurant in the chain.
Many tourists and visitors came from other towns to dine at The
Cottage In the Woods and Redcape Grove was now quite a lively,
thriving little town. The Grimm Group had opened Cottage restaurants
in other towns and cities, and Nan and Rose had been traveling to
train the staff and chefs of the new restaurants. Nan and Rose owned
the majority of the shares in the chain, while the Grimm Group held
the other shares. Jack traveled frequently for business as well, but
he made it a point never to be away from home for more than three
nights in a month.
    But with Rose's pregnancy,
they had cut back their expansions plans for a while. Rose and Jack
wanted to concentrate on their most precious project right now.
Their baby girl.
    The doorbell rang and Jack
went to open the door. Hans and Derek stood grinning at the
doorstep.
    “Is dinner ready?”
Derek asked eagerly.
    Jack rolled his eyes.
    “You're here solely for
the food, aren't you?”
    “No! I came to see
you, Rose and Nan!” Derek answered in a wounded voice. “Hello
Rose.” Derek and Hans went to kiss Rose on the cheek and
bounded into the kitchen to greet Nan.
    Nan came out, with Hans and
Derek each carrying a huge roast turkey. Jack and Rose went to help
get the rest of the food onto the dining table.
    “Let's eat,” Nan
declared. “And no business talk at the dinner table tonight,”
she said sternly.
    “Yes, Nan!” they
said in unison.
    They passed the food around,
and everyone ate and talked and laughed. His brothers asked when
their niece was due to arrive and Derek let slip that Hans had
already bought a dozen dolls for