Heart and Sole by Miranda Liasson

Author:Miranda Liasson [Liasson, Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled;Indulgence;romance;Heart and Sole;Miranda Liasson;billionaire;enemies to lovers;reuinted lovers;bachelor auction;revenge;forbidden love;forced proximity;billionaire playboy;small town
ISBN: 9781943336517
Goodreads: 25801083
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Nick stood and walked around to her side of the picnic table. He pulled Maddie up, his strong hands gripping her at the elbows. She had to place her hand against his rock solid chest to prevent herself from bumping into him.

Their gazes caught and held. “I thought we were just going to be friends,” she said, a little out of breath.

He eyed her hungrily. “Not working for me. Let’s go somewhere where we can discuss this.”

She’d barely said okay when a high-pitched woman’s voice sounded behind them.

“Madison Kingston, you aren’t still dressing mannequins at Macy’s, are you?”

Oh, God, no. Not Ashby Wilkerson, socialite of Buckleberry Bend, former bitch extraordinaire. The girl Nick dated after he’d broken up with Maddie after prom.

Be nice, an inner voice warned. Maybe she’s changed.

Yeah, right. And the rocks at Stonehenge recently moved.

“Well, hello, Ashby. How nice to see you again.” Maddie dragged her gaze away from Nick. Her jaw ached from the wide, stiff smile she forced.

“Hello, Madison. Nicholas.” Ashby’s gaze lingered on Nick, taking a long, slow look from his muscular legs to his narrow waist and his broad chest, up to the chiseled features of his face.

Alarm bells rang inside Maddie’s head. It was just her sense of a predator nearby, one with a long, mean history, but surely all that was in the past?

Nick made polite conversation. Maddie couldn’t read his expression from behind the dark glasses he’d put back on. Ashby still looked as peaches-and-cream beautiful as always, from her sun-streaked blond hair and lovely aqua eyes to her floral-patterned silk dress, high heels, and pearls, probably the same set she’d gotten for her Sweet Sixteen. She looked like she was on the way to afternoon tea with the girls, circa 1962.

Ashby had been chasing after Nick for as long as memories had been recorded on paper. Ever since that dance when Nick had chosen Maddie over her, the woman had tried everything in her power to wreak havoc on their relationship. And she’d finally succeeded after Nick broke up with Maddie. Of course, she’d ended up marrying the high school quarterback, but they’d recently divorced, which probably explained why she was on the prowl.

Mrs. Gorsky beckoned to Nick from the pie tent, and he took his leave. As soon as he was out of earshot, Ashby took the opportunity to show her true personality. “So, Madison, did the dummy dressing job in Philly not work out, dear?”

“I reckon it was just a tad too complex for the likes of little ol’ me.” Maddie fanned herself by flapping her hands near her face, distressed-Southern-belle fashion.

“Or maybe you’re looking to marry another jobless cowboy?”

Maddie gasped. No, she would not succumb to immature, irrational behavior. Just because Ashby made every single hair on her body stand up on end and riled every fight-or-flight instinct she had—in the direction of fight.

Maddie strained to think of an insult, but she came up empty. Ashby lived in a two hundred-year-old antebellum mansion stuffed full

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