Handsome Rancher (Handsome Devils Book 1) by Lori Wilde & Liz Alvin

Author:Lori Wilde & Liz Alvin [Wilde, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Epiphany Orchards Press LLC
Published: 2019-07-16T18:30:00+00:00

9

“I’m having a wonderful time. How about you?” Megan asked.

Chase gripped the steering wheel tighter. They were two hours into the drive to San Antonio with another hour plus left to go.

Was he having a wonderful time? Was it possible to have a wonderful time while simultaneously feeling like a captain who knew in his bones that his ship was going to sink?

Wonderful wasn’t exactly the word he’d choose to describe this afternoon. Uncomfortable as hell seemed to sum it up nicely. He could count on one hand the number of times he’d felt this uncomfortable.

There was the night of his eighteenth birthday when his high school math teacher had made a pass at him. And the time he’d broken up with a woman only to serve as best man at her wedding three weeks later when she’d married a friend of his.

Neither of those times came close to being stuck in the tiny cab of his truck with Megan. Of course, she’d been nothing but nice and thoughtful. Megan specialized in nice and thoughtful.

But she’d talked pretty much nonstop since he’d picked her up at two o’clock this afternoon. She’d talked about the weather, and the new playground equipment she’d ordered, and some recent acquisitions the library had made.

But she’d never mentioned their last kiss or the sham engagement, which was driving him nuts.

“Chase, you didn’t answer me. Are you having a good time?”

“Yeah. Just swell.” Noticing a billboard for a gas station at the next exit, he decided now would be a really good time for a break. “I need to get gas.”

Not surprisingly, Megan agreed. She’s been agreeing with everything this afternoon. “Sounds good.”

After a few minutes, Chase pulled up next to a pump and turned off the engine. He looked over at Megan, who smiled at him.

Damn. He felt like a jackass.

Megan was being sweet, and he was as snarly as a bear woken up from his winter nap. But how else was he supposed to behave when he had to spend the weekend trying to resist Megan? After the two fiery kisses they’d shared, he knew it wasn’t going to be easy.

“I’m going to go inside and buy a soda,” Megan said. “Want anything?”

His sanity? His peace of mind? His old life back? He shook his head. “No. I’m fine.”

But as he filled the tank on his truck, he realized he hadn’t been fine since that night at the city council meeting. Ever since then, he’d been fighting Megan and himself. And now, after the auction, he was fighting most of the town. Everywhere he went these days, people told him how perfect he and Megan were for each other.

Except for one tiny fact—she believed in love and marriage, and he knew those two concepts were a sham. He cared enough about Megan to refuse to be the man who broke her heart.

Megan still hadn’t returned when he finished pumping the gas, so he headed inside the convenience store to make sure she was okay.

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