To My Arrogant Boss (The Inappropriate Bachelors #2) - J. S. Cooper Page 0,4
it seems as if my body already knows it’s being punished. I want pizza, and doughnuts, and pasta, and cake, and fries and oh, man, hash browns.” She counted the fingers on her hands.
“All for breakfast?” Birdy’s big blue eyes were wide.
“That’s why I’m on a diet.” Millie laughed, her red curls bouncing across her shoulders. “So what did you bring?” She stared at the brown paper bag.
“Something delicious.”
“I’m curious.” Magnolia also looked eagerly at the bag. “What is it?”
“I brought pupusas.” I grinned as they all stared at me with confused expressions. “Don’t tell me you guys have never had pupusas?”
“Tell me you’re not saying puppies in Mexican?” Birdy asked, and I laughed.
“I’m speaking Spanish, Birdy. There is no Mexican language.”
She slapped her hand to her face in a “duh” moment. The other girls all shook their heads and laughed at her. “And no, a puppy is a perrito or perrita. I brought pupusas.”
“Well, thank God for that. Is it a Mexican dish?”
“No.” I shook my head. “Pupusas are a traditional Salvadoran dish …” I paused. “From El Salvador, but we always used to get them back home in Los Angeles. I picked some up for everyone to try.” I opened the bag and then walked over to the cupboard and grabbed a plate. I placed it on the table and pulled out two of the pupusas and placed them down. “So pupusas are handmade corn tortillas, as you can see. This one on the left is filled with queso, or cheese.” I looked at Birdy.
“I know what queso is.” She grinned. “I love me some queso dip with chips.”
“Oh my God, I would die for some queso dip right now. Nachos, I want nachos,” Millie groaned and rubbed her stomach again. I looked over at Magnolia who was trying not to laugh and continued.
“This one on the right is filled with cheese and cooked pork.” I licked my lips, suddenly feeling famished. “Let’s dig in. You guys can tell me what you think.”
“I think that these look delicious.” Olivia grabbed the pupusa on the right and ripped a piece off before placing it in her mouth and chewing slowly. “Girl, this is amazing.” She quickly reached for another piece. “Thank you for bringing this.”
“You’re welcome.”
“Maybe tomorrow, I’ll bring some shrimp and grits.”
“Oh, where do you get that?”
“I’ll make it.” She smiled proudly. “It’s my Grandma’s recipe. She’s from Louisiana. She knows how to make the best Cajun food.”
“That sounds yummy.” Magnolia reached over to grab a piece of the pupusa, her curly hair swaying back and forth. “Oh wow, this is interesting.” She chewed and looked thoughtful. “It doesn’t taste as I imagined.”
“Oh?” I stared at her and tried to contain my grin. I could tell that she didn’t like it.
“Maybe it’s got more of a corn taste than I would have liked.” She wrinkled her nose. “I’m sorry, I’m such a philistine.”
“No, it’s okay. I’m glad you tried it.”
“Magnolia’s not used to the soul in her cooking like we are.” Olivia giggled as she took another piece. I watched as she chewed and I grinned as she licked her lips. “Thanks for this, Jane. So yummy.”
“You’re welcome.”
“Oh God, did I tell you what this guy said to me last night?” Olivia’s eyes widened and she leaned forward, changing the subject. “He came up to me and he was like, has anyone ever told you that you look like Kerry Washington, and I was like no, and he was like, she played a character in a TV show called Scandal and her name was Olivia Pope, and I was like, are you trying to say that all black women look alike?” She leaned back and giggled. “He got all flustered and was like no, no, I just thought you looked like her and what a coincidence and all that.” She started laughing and shook her head.
“What did you say next?” Magnolia asked as I watched her downing her coffee, probably trying to rid of the corn taste in her mouth.
“Nothing, I just leaned forward and kissed him.” Olivia winked. “I said if I was Olivia Pope, he could be my President Grant, and then he grinned and kissed me back.” She nodded. “It was a very satisfying night.”
“I was there.” Millie laughed. “And let’s just say it was only satisfying for you and that dude. I got stuck with his friend, and he seemed to think because Olivia was swapping spit with his friend that I would do