A Barker Family Christmas by Juliana Stone

Author:Juliana Stone
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: NLA Digital LLC
Published: 2014-11-18T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Billie was trying her best to hide her disappointment at the way their evening was going, so when they pulled into the parking lot of The Grill, she pasted a big ass smile on her face because she had a feeling it was only going to get worse.

And it did.

For one thing, the place was hopping and by the looks of the full lot, they’d be lucky to snag a stool at the bar. Not a good sign.

She stepped out of the truck and her heel slid across a sheet of ice, which meant that Billie landed square on her butt. A butt covered in red silk. The red silk, of course, belonging to the most expensive dress in her closet. (One that technically she didn’t own as it was a borrow off her sister, Betty—Oops.)

“Shit,” she muttered scrambling to her feet and dusting herself off. She spied a rip along the hemline and let loose with another round of curse words that would make a priest blush.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, Seth Longwood, a guy she’d had more than a few run-ins with, saw the whole thing. His grin went from one jowly cheek to the other, though he hightailed it into The Grill when Logan walked around the side of the truck.

“Hey,” Logan said, arms sliding around her, voice filled with concern. “You okay?”

“Sure,” she replied curtly. “Couldn’t be any better. Nothing damaged except this dress and my pride.”

“We can just go home, Billie.” His warm breath caressed her neck. “I’ll make it worth your while.” His voice held promise, and sex, and chocolate. Most women would have hightailed it home, but Billie wasn’t most women. And maybe it was her competitive nature or maybe she was just stubborn as hell, but she hated losing.

Exasperated, she yanked on his arm. “No way, Logan. I’m buying you dinner if it’s the last thing I do tonight.”

“Trust me. It’s definitely not going to be the last thing you do tonight.”

She pushed open the doors to the restaurant and they both took a moment to gaze around the room. The place was packed. With men. Lots and lots of men. Oh, there were some women too, but the majority of them were men and they were loud and they were only going to get louder as the night progressed.

“Shit,” Logan murmured. “It’s the hockey league Christmas thingy.”

Billie frowned, waving to a bunch of guys on her team. “I don’t remember seeing the memo on that one.”

“Yeah,” Logan said, hand at her back as they began to make their way inside. “They sent out an email over a month ago, but you said we’d be too busy to go on account of your sister’s wedding.”

“Right,” she murmured, eyes moving around the place. There were no seats.

She spied Duke Everett and his wife behind the bar and headed their way.

“Well hell, Forest. You clean up real good,” Duke said with a grin and a wink. “Date night?”

“It was supposed to be,” Billie grumbled.

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