A McCree Christmas (Chasing McCree) by J.C. Isabella

Author:J.C. Isabella [Isabella, J.C.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: J.C. Isabella
Published: 2012-12-06T05:00:00+00:00

Briar

Chase disappeared shortly after the fancy fish dinner was finished.

I should have known that would happen—I only wish I’d been smart enough to go with him. I loved Lexi, but I was starting to get irritated by my old friends. They were back to the same old comparisons of trust funds and discussions about which Ivy League school they’d get into without trying.

I wasn’t going to rely on connections to get me into college; my grades would get me in. I had high test scores and several universities were interested in me already. One of them was Ivy League, but I’d turned them down.

Chase and I were going to find a college with a business program for him, so he could apply it to running the ranch, and a veterinary program for me.

“Hey, so you and the hick still knocking boots?” Nathan asked as he passed where I was sitting at the table with Lexi.

“Ignorant,” Lexi muttered.

“Let it go,” I told her, knowing that he’d start something the first chance he got.

“How can I? The jerk needs to be put in his place.”

Nathan walked past us again, grinning. “Your cowboy’s out with the horses. Does he speak human?”

I rolled my eyes. “Shut up. That didn’t even make sense.”

“At least I bathe regularly, and my suit fits.” He snorted with laughter. “Why are you here, Briar? You made your choice, so go back to your little ranch and play with your cows. Nobody wants you, not even your mommy and daddy.”

I picked up a glass of wine, didn’t stop to see who it belonged to, and splashed red liquid in Nathan’s face.

Lexi clapped, and the rest of the room stared as I walked around the table, right past him, for the door.

He was smart enough not to follow me. If he had, I probably would have broken his nose, or maybe his arm.

There was a beautiful veranda covered in ivy, but I headed through the kitchen, out the backdoor the wait staff used. No need to draw any more attention to myself. I left my heels on the stoop to walk barefoot in the grass. I hadn’t been able to do that in months since it was so cold back home. It felt nice, but would be even nicer to take Chase back to the house and go to bed early. I wanted to forget the last ten minutes and have some peace before my parents angrily pounced on me. Chances I’d be spared their wrath were slim, but I could always go to Grandma’s house.

“Hey, cowboy,” I shouted to get Chase’s attention. He seemed to be in a pretty deep conversation with a horse. Sometimes he talked to the animals, and the funny thing was that the animals seemed to listen. He had a gift.

“Princess.” He smiled with relief.

“You know, sometimes I’m naïve, thinking things have changed.” I hiked up my dress and climbed the fence. Chase laughed his eyebrows high with surprise.

I wasn’t the lady I used to be. I was rough-and-tumble now—at least, in my mind.

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