Barreled Over by Jenna Sutton

Author:Jenna Sutton [Sutton, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jenna Sutton
Published: 2017-12-25T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

Beck tossed the suitcase on his bed, unzipped it, and threw back the top. He’d returned from the International Wine & Spirits Show only five days ago, and now he had to leave again.

Chicken jumped up beside the suitcase and stretched out. Beck looked toward his canine best friend.

“Can you believe this bullshit?” he asked Chicken. “I have to go to Los Angeles. Gabe has food poisoning and can’t make the trip. And Ren can’t leave Gatsby on such short notice. The plane takes off in less than two hours.”

Tucking his paws under his body, Chicken laid his head on the bed and gazed unblinkingly at Beck. His tail thumped a steady rhythm against the down comforter.

“I have to go. Gabe says we can’t cancel the meeting with West Coast Wine & Spirits.”

West Coast Wine & Spirits was Trinity’s largest distribution partner. The relationship with the Los Angeles-based company was critical.

“That’s not the only reason I have to go. Ava Grace is the guest star on Roarke tonight. She’s going to be talking about Trinity, and Gabe says someone from the company should be there for moral support.” He shook his head. “I know … Gabe says. What does Gabe know? Nothing. He’s obviously not very smart if he ate sushi from a food truck.”

He glanced at Chicken. “Don’t worry. You’re not going to the kennel. You’re going to stay with Gabe and watch over him while he’s puking his guts out.”

Beck jerked open his sock drawer. “Black socks, black socks, where are you?” he muttered.

Finally, he spotted the elusive socks and tossed a pair toward his suitcase. He missed, and they landed on Chicken, who shot him a baleful glance.

“Sorry, buddy.” He closed his sock drawer. “Underwear, undershirts, socks. What else?”

After adding a T-shirt and Rileys to his suitcase, he made his way to his closet. He looked over his shoulder. “What do you think, Chicken? Do I need to wear a suit to the meeting with West Coast Wine & Spirits?”

Chicken yawned, and Beck nodded. “I agree. A sports coat and tie should be fine. Now what about the Roarke show?”

Thirty minutes later, Beck was in his Jeep heading to Gabe’s apartment. Chicken sat in the passenger seat, his head hanging out the window.

Realizing his hands were clenched on the steering wheel so tightly his knuckles were white, Beck took a deep breath and loosened his fingers. “Calm down, chief,” he told himself. “You can handle an overnight trip with her.”

But deep down, he worried he couldn’t handle an overnight trip with Ava Grace, not without handling her. He had zero confidence in his intellect and self-control, the two things that made him a reasonable man instead of a wild animal.

He knew Ava Grace wasn’t right for him. He knew he needed to stay away from her. Yet that knowledge hadn’t stopped him from putting his hands and mouth on her when they’d been in Seattle.

He’d replayed everything that happened during the show, over and over until it was a continuous loop in his head.

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