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Her eyes turned cool “I couldn’t be friends with a sirl because I was a dumb cheerleader?”
Shit He’d stepped in it with her first thing He felt the knots tighten in his tongue as that sta boy frooing there He hadn’t been that kid for a long daranted her a slow grin “Georgia girl, you were set a boy like me to do your schoolwork, even when you were more than capable of doin’ it yourself So that snippy response don’t hold true and you know it”
She laughed self-consciously “I guess I deserved that”
At least she could laugh at herself “I haven’t seen Stephanie in years”
“Steph moved back to Moorcroft last year but she travels all over the state for her job”
“I haven’t seen you in years either What brings you back to Sundance?”
His cell buzzed before she could answer Nor—this call He lifted a finger and said, “Hold on a sec I gotta take this” He clicked Answer “What’s up?”
“Landon has been shrieking since you left hiry And the little sh— poop kickedWhen I put him in time out, he smacked me in the face with his fire truck Sorry, bro, but I can’t do this alone”
Perfect fking ti as usual “Fine I’ll be there in fifteen” Tell finished his beer He fished out a twenty and dropped it on the bar, signaling to BeeBee “We square?”
“Sure enough You’re leaving so soon?”
“Gotta deal with a kid probleot Landon this weekend?”
“Yeah, and he’s actin’ up bad enough to warrant a call, so I gotta get Thanks” Tell looked at Georgia with serious regret “Sorry we didn’t get a chance to catch up Take care” He slipped on his PRCA jacket and hustled out the door
Georgia watched the hot coith the black hat disappear into the night Tell McKay had been cute in high school in that sweet and dorky way But now? The otten a good grip on hisa complete fool of herself
Now she felt totally perverted since she’d been sneaking peeks at Jamie and him on the dance floor, mes them when they returned to the bar Saw hiiven a da her Jamie had been his only focus in a bar full of people
Lucky, lucky Ja end of such potent sexual attention? She’d know if she hadn’t tuned Jaaled Stephanie with explicit details of her last hookup with the man she’d referred to as “cowboy hottie”
What an understatement
She’d spiraled back ten years when Tell’s eyes met hers Even back then, she’d felt he saw so e, which sent her into full retreat Maybe she’d even acted a little cold to him sometimes because she hadn’t wanted anyone—especially a sweet-talkin’, sharp-eyed McKay—to see that deeply inside her, fearing he’d find her…shallow