Back in the Game: A Stardust, Texas Novel by Lori Wilde

Author:Lori Wilde [Wilde, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, Contemporary Fiction, Romance, Humour, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780062311269
Amazon: B00KPV9P3W
Barnesnoble: B00KPV9P3W
Goodreads: 22401418
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2015-02-24T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

—BABE RUTH

His words hit her hard as a slap, coming out of nowhere, a sharp clip to the jaw. She thought he’d come here to enjoy the party, and instead, he’d just kicked her world in.

Ouch.

She raised a palm to her mouth. First he kissed her and now he smashed her dreams as easily as that.

“I know this comes as a blow.”

He looked so twisted up about it that her initial inclination was to tell him it was okay, that while she was disappointed, she understood. Make things easy on him. Be accommodating. Smooth the waters. But she’d come too far to go back and simply say what she thought he wanted and needed to hear. She was tired of sweeping aside her own feelings to make others feel better.

Anger blistered a hot path up her neck. “You can’t do that,” she said.

He shook his head as if he’d misheard her, and even patted a hand against his ear. “What?”

“This is my dream. The only thing I’ve wanted is to be a successful writer and you’ve taken it away from me.”

He rubbed a hand over the nape of his neck. “It’s nothing personal.”

“Not personal? I made plans. I rented a house and put the payment on my credit card. I made commitments to a roommate. I—”

“You jumped the gun.” He looked guilty for saying the words, but he said them nonetheless, as if it was her fault he was quitting the book. “You spent money you didn’t have.”

Oh no, he didn’t just say that! The man needed a good, swift kick in the ego.

“You, you . . .” She couldn’t think of the right word.

“Bounder,” he said. “I know.”

“This isn’t fair.”

“I know.”

“You led me on.”

“I know,” he said.

There was sorrow in his voice, she heard it, but now that she was wound up, she couldn’t seem to stop.

“Why are you doing this to me?”

“It’s not got anything to do with you, Breeanne. It’s my own issue. I wish you the best of luck with your writing career,” he said, and then he turned and headed for the front door, like the discussion was over.

Breeanne stood there watching him saunter away as if he hadn’t just annihilated all her hopes and dreams.

The front door snapped shut.

No!

Her skin blotched. She clenched and unclenched her hands repeatedly. Her neck tightened, and she let out a roar so angry it scared her. “No!”

She bulleted after him, stumbled across the front porch veranda and down the steps, watched him climbing into his Escalade parked beneath a streetlamp.

Full of fury, she ground her teeth and sprinted across the lawn. She didn’t know what had happened to change his mind about writing the book, but she damn well deserved an explanation. He owed her that much.

“Stop right there, Rowdy Blanton,” she yelled.

Neighbors out in their yards turned to stare.

He paused, one leg inside the vehicle, the other still on the pavement.

“No,” she said, toeing off with him. The air was rich with his manly scent but she refused to let that distract her.

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