Her Cowboy Billionaire Best Friend_A Whittaker Brothers Novel by Liz Isaacson

Author:Liz Isaacson [Isaacson, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AEJ Creative Works
Published: 2018-08-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Laney had never had such a magical Christmas. Santa managed to find them, and she managed to kiss Graham under the mistletoe one of Eli’s friends had hung at the bottom of the stairs leading into the basement, and it was wonderful having meals provided for her. Hot water in her private bathroom. A warm, comfortable bed she didn’t have to make in the morning if she didn’t want to.

But after that kiss on Christmas morning, she’d had a very hard time getting Graham alone. He was always surrounded by his brothers, talking and laughing. Laney learned that the four of them hadn’t been together since their father’s funeral, and she hadn’t wanted to impose on their family reunion.

So more often than not, she found herself hanging out with Meg and the kids. On Christmas Day, when everyone had drifted to quiet spots to take naps, she wandered into Bailey’s room. All three dogs looked up, but no one came to greet her.

“Bay? Can I talk to you for a second?”

Bailey set down her tablet and said, “Okay.”

“It’s about me and Graham.” She perched on the edge of the bed, praying for six-year-old words to explain an adult situation. “You like Graham, right?”

“Yeah.” She blinked. “You like Graham too.”

“Right.” Laney smiled at her hands which lay in her lap. “I like Graham too. The kind of like where you hold hands and kiss and stuff.” Her heart did a jig in her chest. “It’s nothing too serious yet. We haven’t even gone out.”

“But you will go out with him.”

“Probably, Bay, yes.”

“So I’ll get to go to grandma’s.” She reached over and patted Barry’s head, which caused the dog to stretch out and groan.

Laney chuckled. “Yes, Bailey, most likely. When I go out with Graham, you’ll stay with grandma so I can go alone.”

“You told me not to be alone with boys.”

“Right.” She tapped Bailey on the nose. “Because you’re a kid. When you’re an adult, you can make a decision for when’s a good time to be alone with a boy and when it’s not a good idea.”

“I think you can be alone with Graham. He seems nice.”

Laney smiled at Bailey. “He does seem that way, doesn’t he?” Bailey didn’t get the joke, and Laney stood. “Okay, go back to your ‘resting’. I’m going to go lie down too.” She went next door to her room, but she didn’t feel sleepy. She felt caged. Alone. Trapped all by herself, and while she was glad she’d been able to talk to Bailey, she didn’t like lying around without anything to do.

Perhaps Celia would have something for her to do in the kitchen, but when Laney went down there, she found the main level of the house completely deserted. A cheer came up the steps from the basement, and she faced the doorway as she contemplated going down to see what all the fuss was.

But she hadn’t been invited, and she thought it was quiet time for a while anyway. So she went back upstairs and into her room, wishing her text to Graham didn’t go unanswered.

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