Chapter 254
Andi knocked on the apartment door again. Maybe nobody was home. She glanced down at her watch. Perhaps Gerri hadn’t gotten her message. A second later, she heard the ding of the elevator and soon steps were coming her way. Sure enough, Gerri Wilder smiled as she approached her.
“Miranda, darling. How are you?”
She wasn’t sure if that was a genuine question or if she meant because of the whole wolf/lioness thing. “I’m good, Gerri. I’m sorry to drop in on you. I left a message.”
Gerri opened her apartment door and waved her hand at Andi. “It’s fine, Andi. I have been interviewing assistants and had to run out to grab some supplies for a small gathering with some friends at the end of this week.”
Andi followed Gerri inside the massive apartment. A wall had been removed to create a giant space. Obviously one side was used for her business while the other was her living quarters.
“Thank you for seeing me on such short notice.”
She watched Gerri pull liquor bottles out of her shopping bag and raised her brows.
Gerri laughed. “I don’t usually drink, but my friends coming to visit like to mix drinks so I enjoy having a stocked bar. I wish I knew some cool drinks to show off.”
“Well, I could teach you one of my favorites.”
Gerri’s eyes lit up with enthusiasm. “Please! I have pretty much every liquor known to man in this place. I didn’t know what to buy so I got it all.”
Andi bit her lip trying not to laugh at the drink that came to mind. “Do you have Vodka?”
“Yes!”
“Gin?”
“Let me see…” She rummaged through cabinets before pulling out a bottle. “Yes!”
She thought back to the ingredients to one of her favorite but most potent drinks. “What about rum and tequila?”
Gerri chuckled. “Those two I know I have.”
She giggled and stood by Gerri. “Let me think. What about Blue Curacao Liqueur and Sweet and Sour Mix?”
Gerri puckered her brow. She went back to searching cabinets. Moments later, she had the two bottles on the counter along with the others.
“This is a lot of liquor. Is this for a bunch of drinks?”
Andi snickered. “One drink. But we need one more thing. Do you have soda? Think Sprite or 7UP.”
“Oh, I keep 7UP at hand for guests, so yes.” Gerri got a can from her fridge.
“Cool, I’ll mix all this stuff and show you how it’s done.” She gave Gerri instructions on how much liquor to mix. “Once you have all the liquors mixed, you fill a highball glass with it.”
“You missed the 7UP.” Gerri pointed at the can.
“Nope,” she laughed. “I got it. The 7UP goes last. Do you have a straw?”
Gerri opened a drawer and gave her a brand new straw. She stirred the drink gently and glanced at Gerri.
“If you have cherries or sliced lemons, they go well with this.”
Gerri took the glass from her hand and readied to sip. “So what’s this drink called?”
She pressed her lips together, trying to stop herself from giggling. “Adios Motherfucker.”
Gerri’s sip turned into a coughing fit. She put the glass down and Andi worried she’d given her too much liquor in one shot.
“Are you okay?”
Gerri started to laugh in earnest. “That has to be the best drink name ever and from how powerful it is, I see why. Once you drink one of those, you are a goner. So yeah, Adios Motherfucker is a great name.”
Gerri was so cool. She reminded Andi a lot of her mother in some way. “Glad you like it. You do have to be careful who you give it to. You don’t want people falling on your face on your floor.”
Gerri shook her head and put the drink down. She motioned for Andi to follow her as they headed into the living room.
“So what do I owe the pleasure of your visit, darling? I highly doubt you came all the way over here just to teach me how to make the Adios Motherfucker.” She laughed. “You know, that is a very cool drink name.”
She smiled and took a seat in one of Gerri’s sofas across from her. “Thank you for not minding my showing up. I just wasn’t sure what to do.”
Gerri sighed and smiled. “I think I’ll make some tea. Do you want some?”
She scrunched her nose. She wasn’t a tea drinker; coffee was more her thing, but she’d take it. “Sure, tea sounds good.”
Gerri shook her head and headed for the kitchen. “Child, that face spoke the complete opposite, but okay, if you’re sure.”
“Yeah, I’ll drink tea,” she replied, a bit embarrassed Gerri had been able to notice she wasn’t a fan of it. “As long as it’s not some weird flavor.”
“Lemon okay?”
“Yes!” She felt like a picky kid, but no point in lying and then not drinking the tea once it was given to her. “Gerri, you sent a wolf shifter to see me…”
A very fucking hot and gorgeous, sexy and all around badass wolf shifter, but wolf, nonetheless. Wolf was not what she needed. She needed a human or feline. Someone who would get her. And she most certainly did not need an alpha at that.