Chase Wilde Comes Home by Jennifer Ryan

Author:Jennifer Ryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2022-03-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Shelby tapped her phone to send the incoming call from an unfamiliar number to voice mail.

“That’s it, Cyn. Five more reps.” Cyn was so different from Shelby. The exact opposite. Outgoing. Outspoken. Sexy. She didn’t care what people thought about her. She didn’t care that people gossiped about her carefree attitude and wild hair. Today it was a bright purple that suited Cyn like she’d been born with that vibrant color.

Add in the curves filling out a pair of black leggings and a deep V-neck emerald green T-shirt that had men’s eyes bugging out, and someone like Shelby, with softer curves and dull brown hair that didn’t have a hint of style, had no chance whatsoever of being noticed next to Cyn.

Shelby looked like a wilted dandelion next to a gorgeous rose.

Even Cyn’s name made men take notice. They saw the package, heard the name, and wanted her. And Cyn had the self-esteem and confidence to back it up.

“I can’t believe I slipped at the shop and messed up my knee like this. So stupid. Now, if I’d stumbled in a pair of platform heels while drunk and dancing my ass off at the bar . . .” Cyn nodded and pressed her lips together. “Now, that I could understand. That would make sense.”

Shelby chuckled. “Your dancing days aren’t over.”

Cyn smiled. “We should go out. You’re never at the bar. I mean, I know you have a kid, but . . . you deserve to have fun, too.”

It wasn’t that she never went out anywhere. But the first time she went to Cooper’s—the place most people in town went for a good time—she ended up with a kid. And the last time she went to the bar, it was to make sure Chase wasn’t giving up on his hard-won sobriety.

If Shelby could call anyone in town a real friend, it was Cyn. They weren’t besties. Cyn probably had a dozen friends she hung out with all the time. But for whatever reason, Cyn liked her. Whenever they saw each other around town, Cyn always stopped to chat.

“You hide inside too much. In your house. In your head. In those drab, too-big-for-you clothes. Behind the shy facade. You need to stop thinking about what everyone else thinks, or what they’ll say to you, and live your life like no one is watching.” Cyn finished the last rep and let her knee rest.

“You say pretty much the same thing to me every time we see each other.”

Cyn held her gaze, hers intent and direct as always. “Because it’s true. And I hate to see someone as nice as you spend her whole life alone.”

“I have Eliza.”

“Yeah. That’s not the same as having someone in your head, heart, and bed, messing things up and making them all right.” Cyn had a point. “What’s going on with your Wilde man?” Cyn gave her a wicked grin. “I heard he’s back in town. Rumor has it his daddy had a change of heart and is bringing him back on at the ranch.

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