Harlequin Special Edition December 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2 by RaeAnne Thayne Brenda Harlen & Stella Bagwell

Author:RaeAnne Thayne, Brenda Harlen & Stella Bagwell
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488027376
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Published: 2016-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

“I thought he was exaggerating,” Bella said, her gaze skimming over her friend, from the top of her head to her toes and back again. “When Jamie came home last night, babbling about your hair and face and clothes, I actually thought he was making a big deal out of nothing.”

“And now?” Fallon asked, wanting her friend’s honest opinion of her makeover.

“Now I think I owe him an apology,” Bella said.

“But what do you think of my new look?” she prompted.

“I think you look fabulous. Not that you don’t usually look fabulous—because you do,” her friend hastened to clarify. “But this is a very different look.”

“Good. I wanted something different.”

“But…why?” Bella asked.

“Because I’m tired of looking the same—and of everyone else looking at me the same way.”

“Everyone else?” her friend queried. “Or someone in particular?”

Fallon had always wondered if her friend suspected that she had deeper feelings for Jamie than friendship, but if she did, she’d never voiced those suspicions aloud. So maybe this was a hint to Fallon that she could finally confide the truth to her friend. But before she could figure out how to say the words, Bella spoke again.

“Because I heard that Bobby Ray Ellis asked you out on a date.”

She was surprised by her friend’s remark. Not just the fact that Bella was somehow aware of her plans but the obvious enthusiasm in her tone. Almost as if she was steering Fallon toward Bobby Ray—and away from Jamie.

Was her friend trying to subtly warn her that the single dad was a bad bet? Or was Fallon reading too much into a simple comment?

“So…is it true?” Bella asked.

“It’s true,” Fallon confirmed. “We’re going to see National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation tonight.”

Her friend made a face. “At the high school?”

She nodded.

“That’s not a real date,” Bella lamented. “He could at least take you to an actual movie theater in Kalispell for a current feature.”

“I like the Vacation movies,” Fallon told her. “Besides, it’s a long drive back from Kalispell if the date turns out to be a dud.”

Her friend frowned. “But you don’t think it will be a dud, do you? I mean, you do like Bobby Ray, right?”

“Sure,” she agreed. “I mean, I’ve always liked Bobby Ray, even if I’ve never liked Bobby Ray.”

“I’m confused,” Bella said. “If you don’t like him, why did you agree to go out with him?”

“Because he asked and I’m tired of sitting at home every night,” she admitted.

“Then this whole makeover thing wasn’t part of a plan to attract his attention?”

“No,” Fallon said.

“But it was part of a plan to attract someone’s attention,” her friend guessed. “So whose?”

She shook her head. “It doesn’t matter.”

“Some guys are too blind to see what’s right in front of their eyes,” Bella said sympathetically. “And if your mystery man doesn’t know how lucky he would be to have you, then it’s his loss.”

* * *

Fallon took her time getting ready for her date with Bobby Ray. Though he wasn’t the man she

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