Never Say Match (No Match for Love Book 9) by Lindzee Armstrong

Author:Lindzee Armstrong [Armstrong, Lindzee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic comedy
Publisher: Snowflake Press
Published: 2018-12-01T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Jase let out a silent curse as he left Cassidy and strode toward the bunkhouse. A phone call from his mother was never a good thing. He waited until he was nearly to the bunkhouse, then pulled out his phone and dialed her number.

“It’s about time you called me back,” his mother snapped.

“It’s been five minutes, tops,” Jase ground out. Maintaining his cool around his mother always took a concerted effort, and he was finding it more trying than usual today. “Sorry, I was talking to someone about ranch business.” Which was mostly true.

“Well, I hope you’ve gotten all the information you need for the movie, because I need you to come back a week before production starts.”

Jase leaned against the outside wall of the bunkhouse, the dim lights from the front porch illuminating where he stood. Gnats buzzed lazily near the lights, and he could see the flash of lightning bugs in the pasture. “Why?”

“The costume department needs to take some measurements. I want to do some table readings with the cast.”

“That’s not a week before production starts, that’s moving production up a week,” Jase cut in. He adjusted the brim of his cowboy hat, agitation making it hard to hold still.

“Call it whatever you want,” his mother said, her tone haughty. “But I need you here in two weeks.”

“No,” Jase hadn’t planned on saying the word, but now it hung between them like a grenade with the pin pulled.

“Excuse me?”

Jase pushed himself off the wall and started pacing. “I said no, Mother. I’ve already agreed to cut my trip short by three months, and I’m not willing to give up another week. Three weeks isn’t enough time to learn everything I need to know to convincingly play my role for this film. I’m staying the full four weeks. Production can wait for it’s original start date.”

Silence echoed over the line like a scream, and Jase’s heart hammered in his chest. He kept pacing, watching as the pointed toes of his cowboy boots pressed into the soft crabgrass with each step. He’d never stood up to his mother before. She wasn’t going to like it.

“I have taught you better than this,” Mother finally said, her voice seething. “A professional actor does not delay production like this for some ridiculous stay at a ranch.”

“I’m not delaying production,” Jase cut in. “You are moving it up, and I have prior engagements that cannot be rearranged to accommodate your change in schedule with such short notice.”

He could hear her heavy breathing over the line. Could imagine her clenching her fists and fighting back a scream. “Fine,” she said. “But you’re on thin ice, Jase. Don’t think I won’t recast you just because I’m your mother.”

The phone clicked and the line went dead. Jase slowly put it back in his pocket, his own breaths a little uneven. He’d just antagonized his mother—his boss—and for what?

Returning to California and beginning production on the western was the last thing Jase wanted to do at the moment.

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