Christmas Texas Bride by Katie Lane

Author:Katie Lane [Lane, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Mother, Sensual, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Small Town & Rural Area, Cowboy & Western Romance, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Seasonal Brides, The Brides 0f Bliss Texas Series, Small-Town of Bliss Texas, Winter-Time Weather, Christmas Holidays & Celebration, Christmas Time, Holiday Whimsy, Festive Season, Young Child-Daughter, Family & Domestic Life
Publisher: Katie Lane
Published: 2018-11-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“You’re not coming to Austin with me?” Christie glanced down at her cellphone, which was sitting in the cup holder of her car.

“I’m sorry, Christie,” Summer’s voice came through the speaker. “But Autumn and Maverick got in late last night and Granny Bon gets in today. I just don’t want to miss our family reunion.”

Christie understood Summer wanting to be with her family, but she still couldn’t help feeling disappointed. She had been looking forward to going to Austin with Summer. After they dropped off the gingerbread house at the hotel, they had planned to go Christmas shopping and have lunch. It would’ve been like a real sister day. And she had never had a real sister day.

She tried to keep the disappointment from her voice. “That’s okay. I understand that you want to see your family. I can get the gingerbread house to Austin by myself.”

“Don’t be silly. You can’t get that huge boot there without help. You can’t lift it alone and it certainly won’t fit in your car. But I have everything under control. You just worry about getting Carrie Anne to school, and I’ll worry about getting the gingerbread boot loaded up and ready to go.”

“I don’t want to go to school!” Carrie Anne whined from the back seat as soon as Christie hung up. “I want to go to Cord’s ranch and see Cord, Mr. Jasper, and my deadbeat daddy.”

Christie glanced in the rearview mirror and sent her daughter an exasperated look. “How many times do I have to tell you to stop calling Danny Ray your deadbeat daddy?”

“That’s what you called him when you and Mimi talked about him.” Since it was what she and her mother had called Danny Ray, she couldn’t exactly argue the point. Thankfully, Carrie Anne continued before Christie had to come up with a reply. “But Cord says we need to be real careful not to call him that to his face ’cause it hurts daddies’ feelings. He also says that I need to give Danny Ray a chance to grow up and be a good daddy. But Danny Ray looks pretty growed up to me.”

Just the mention of Cord’s name made Christie’s palm itch. And if he were there, she had little doubt that she’d slap him again. The gall of the man thinking that he could fix her life. Her life might not be perfect, but it was her life and she didn’t need a stupid rodeo cowboy sticking his nose into it.

Or his lips.

His hot, unbelievably talented lips.

Of course, he hadn’t kissed her. She had kissed him in an attempt to prove that he no longer had any effect on her. But all it had proven was that her mind and body were completely disconnected. One hated the man and the other craved him.

“Cord Evans has no business talking to you about your daddy,” she said. “And he had no business picking you up yesterday after school. Ms. Marble should’ve called me if she didn’t feel well and couldn’t tutor you, instead of calling Cord.

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