Free NFH 02 Perfection by R.L. Mathewson

she tried to snuggle deeper
into the couch.
    "I see," Jason said, chuckling softly.
"And you're doing a really great job of it, but it's time to go
home."
    "I'm too tired to go home," Haley said
around a small yawn.
    Jason leaned in and pressed a soft
kiss to her mouth. "I'll carry you."
    Haley was quiet for a moment before
she responded. "Do I have to be awake for you to carry
me?"
    He chuckled. "No."
    She sighed heavily. "Fine. You may
carry me then," she said regally, not bothering to open her
eyes.
    "That's very generous of you," Jason
mumbled, grinning.
    "It is, isn't it?" Haley said sleepily
as Jason scooped her up into his arms. She curled up in his arms
and Zoe had no doubt that she was already asleep before Jason
finished standing.
    Zoe quickly walked over and opened the
door for them. He nodded his thanks to her as he stepped out of the
trailer. After she shut the door she walked over to the large stack
of ledgers and prayed that the results weren't as disastrous as the
last time she looked into bank accounts that didn't add up, because
she was pretty sure she'd miss this place if she had to
leave.

Chapter 8
    "You lying bitch!" Trevor hissed as he
stormed into her kitchen.
    Zoe fought back a smile, knowing
exactly what he was pissed about. "Good morning to you, too," she
said, focusing her attention on making his lunch and barely biting
back a snort of laughter.
    "Don't give me that 'good morning'
bullshit, Zoe. You know exactly what you did!" he accused, trying
to look stern as he pointed a finger at her. His eyes darted down
at the food spread out on her counter several times completely
wrecking the effect, especially when he went ahead and licked his
lips in anticipation.
    "Can I have double cheese?" he asked,
momentarily forgetting why he was pissed at her, which she noticed
happened quite a bit when food was around.
    Sighing heavily as if it somehow
pained her to do as he asked, she put down the jar of mayonnaise
and added extra cheese to his sandwiches.
    "Only three sandwiches? Are you trying
to starve me?" he asked with a pout that she shouldn't find
adorable, but did. "You know we're not all on diets like you, don't
you?" he asked as he reached out and pushed the loaf of potato
bread towards her in silent demand.
    With an eye roll she pulled out two
more slices of bread, wondering how she let him talk her into this
particular chore. Oh, that's right. Two months ago he pouted and
kept on pouting for a week until she finally had enough and agreed
to make his damn lunches for him. She hadn't missed the triumphant
smile he tried hiding from her, but she let it slide since it meant
more hours for her and because he was just so damn cute when he
thought he was pulling one over on her.
    "Oh god! What the hell have you
poisoned me with now?" he demanded, drawing her
attention.
    "Hey! Stop eating my food!" she
snapped, reaching over and taking her bowl of high fiber cereal
away from him. He practically shoved it in her hands. "You keep
screwing with my calorie count, you jerk."
    A woman on a diet who was only
allowing herself twelve hundred calories a day was not someone to
mess with as Trevor should have already learned, but the man
couldn't seem to stop himself from stealing whatever food she was
eating. Most of the food she bought was admittedly gross, but it
worked. If she hadn't already lost a lot of weight and actually
felt good about herself she would have given up a long time
ago.
    "You owe me an apology!" he demanded.
She'd wondered how long it would take him to get back to that. He
really had a problem with his focus when food was around, actually
now that she thought about it, all the Bradfords she'd come across
had that same problem.
    "For what?" she asked, trying to
appear innocent, but her lips twitching as she fought back a smile
kind of killed it.
    "For what?" he asked dumbfounded. "For
lying to me! You said that book had sex in it! You lied, again!" He
folded his arms over his chest as he glared down