Veritas

Veritas

Author: MJ Duncan Listening Length: 9h 33m
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Working as a chef aboard a private yacht might not seem like a vacation for most people, but to Lauren Murphy, a highly-regarded sous chef at a top New York restaurant, the opportunity to spend seventeen days in the Virgin Islands, sailing from one tropical location to the next, while having complete freedom to create ...

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Chapter Thirty-Nine

“I CAN’T BELIEVE it.” Of all the dishes Grey could have messed up for the dinner she had made for Lauren, it was the rice that did her in. Not the Mahi-mahi, or the lemon, garlic, and wine reduction she had finished the fish in, but the rice. “This is so embarrassing.”

Lauren smiled and took another bite of the ruined rice. It was chewy, yet somehow undercooked at the same time, and she reached out to place a reassuring hand on Grey’s arm as she swallowed. “It’s not that bad.”

“You don’t have to eat it,” Grey muttered. “Really. You’re going to make yourself sick trying to choke any more of that down.”

“Nobody’s getting sick.” Lauren chuckled and rolled her eyes. “It’s just rice, Grey.”