Claiming Colton (Wishing Well, Texas Book 5) by Melanie Shawn

Author:Melanie Shawn [Shawn, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: western, Romance, Fiction
Publisher: Red Hot Reads Publishing
Published: 2017-04-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Colton

“If ya rile her up and still think she’s the cutest thing on two legs, she’s the one.”

~ Papa Duke

“Oh hey, Colton.” Bryson looked surprised to see me as he held the door open for me. “You’re early.”

I didn’t step inside. “What did you just say?”

His head flinched back slightly. “I said…you’re early?”

Bryson had had a crush on Bella since we were kids. He used to talk about her being at his house all the time. It didn’t surprise me to hear him asking her if things would have been easier if she’d been in love with him, but it did piss me off. Not that I had any right to feel the anger I was feeling. I didn’t. I had absolutely no right. And maybe part of the reason I was so upset was because he might have a point.

I had handled things all wrong when we were teenagers, but at least then I had an excuse. Since she’d been back, one could argue, I’d handled things even worse, and I’m a grown man. I have absolutely zero excuse for not being able to tell her how bad I feel about the past, how much I wish I could go back in time and fix it, and that I’d do anything to make things right between us. But instead I’ve been a man I don’t even recognize. I’ve been anxious, rude, and ready to walk off a show that I committed to. That wasn’t me. I needed to pull my head out of my ass and I needed to do it quick.

“Hey, Colton.”

Her sweet voice interrupted my internal spiral and I looked past Bryson to see Bella lifting her hand in a wave. I hadn’t seen her since I left her house two weeks ago. Not once.

A calm washed over me. The irritation that I’d been feeling just seconds ago evaporated. She wasn’t just my soul mate, she was my soul’s balance. She just made everything…right.

Which made the way I’d been acting even worse.

“You okay, man?” Bryson asked, pulling my attention back to him.

“Yeah,” I nodded at my friend as I took off my hat and stepped in the bar. “I just came by to talk to Bella.”

“Oh.” Bryson’s brows rose and he looked even more surprised about that than he had when he’d opened the door to find me. He looked back at Bella and I noticed that she nodded slightly, like she was giving him the okay to leave me alone with her.

“Okay, well,” Bryson pointed his thumbs towards the back of the bar. “I have some paperwork to catch up on. I’ll be in the office. If anyone comes in, just grab me and I’ll take care of it.”

“Will do.” Bella grinned.

We both watched Bryson as he disappeared down the hallway.

“What’s up?” Bella asked brightly.

A little too brightly.

“You two seem to be getting along really well.” That wasn’t what I’d come to talk about. I just opened my mouth and it came out.

She blinked several times before responding.

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