Tempting Bounty (Inter-Galactic Bounty Hunter Series Book 2) by KD Jones Page A

of tomatoes that she could spice up for the sauce. It felt odd eating something for breakfast that was usually eaten at lunch or dinner. She hadn’t had dinner the previous night before going to work so she wanted something heavier on her stomach.
    She wasn’t the best cook. She knew how to make only a few simple things. In fact, that had been one of the things Dan had complained the most about. He had wanted her to work her ass off to bring home money for him to spend and still have time to cook, clean and fuck his brains out. When she didn’t do enough of the last requirement, he found others who did.
    She remembered the last time she walked into their apartment. She had worked at the strip bar but had a bad cough. The owner sent her home to get better. She tried calling Dan to pick her up but got no answer.
    Lexi took public transportation back to her apartment. She unlocked the door and knew right away something was up. There were women’s clothing laying all over the floor, and they weren’t hers. She kept hold of her purse and keys and walked toward the bedroom. She could hear sounds coming from there. She knew what she would find, but she still needed to see it for herself.
    She pushed open the bedroom door and stood there frozen in place watching as Dan fucked a woman that he had introduced her to as his co-worker. “Did you bring your work home?”
    She had actually asked that. He of course grabbed his clothes and swore it wasn’t what it looked like. All his excuses could not erase those images in her mind. It wasn’t the first time he cheated, but it was the last time for her. She had had enough. She packed her things and moved out that night. Though she filed separation papers, it took a while to get the divorce because without Lexi, Dan didn’t have a stable income and had to move around a lot.
    She shook her head trying to clear her mind of the past. It wouldn’t help her now anyway. Ten minutes later, she drained the noodles and poured the tomatoes into the pot. She added spices.
    “That smells really good,” Vic said from behind her.
    Lexi jumped and bumped him in the chest. He was standing inches away from her. The galley was too small for them both to be there, but he wedged himself in. She could feel the heat from his body soak through hers, wrapping her like a warm blanket.
    “Go sit on the couch, and I’ll bring you a plate. Is a beer okay? I have water, wine and beer. Nothing else to drink.”
    “Beer is fine. You bring the food and I’ll get the drinks. What will you drink?” He asked her.
    Lexi stared at him over her shoulder in shock. Dan had never once offered to help. “I’ll have a beer, too. It’s been a long morning and I definitely deserve it.”
    Vic grabbed the beer and went back up the short steps to the salon. The glass doors were open and a warm breeze blew through the room. He sat on the couch next to her. His size made the couch seem much smaller. At first neither of them said anything as they ate the food. It felt intimate to her. The truth was that this was the closest she had come to a date in years, and it wasn’t even a date. That was just sad.
    “This is delicious,” Vic said in between bites.
    “It’s okay, I guess. I didn’t have a lot of stuff to put on it, but it will do for now.” She frowned, thinking about the lack of supplies. “How long do you think we’ll have to be on the island?”
    “Hopefully a day or two. Why?”
    “I hadn’t fully stocked the boat for an extended stay. It’s usually just me, unless I bring my friend Roxy and her son for a weekend trip. The food we have now will last about three days for three people, if we don’t overindulge.”
    “Will the island have anything there to eat?”
    She nodded. “There’s fruit trees and I have nets we can use to catch fish every day. The biggest problem will be the fresh water supply. I’ve been meaning to install a solar-powered water purifier on the boat but I haven’t doen it