She's Gotta Be Mine by Jennifer Skully

Author:Jennifer Skully [Skully, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Jasmine Haynes
Published: 2011-11-15T06:00:00+00:00

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The sight of Brax on Bobbie’s front stoop still stuck in his craw hours later. But Nick had to admit, he’d acted like an ass. Last night. This morning. Who the hell was he, anyway, thinking he was some sort of truth messenger? He didn’t have the right. He’d regretted the words, all of them, to Jimbo, to Bobbie, to Brax, the minute he’d left the dinner. That pitying look she’d sent him still curled around his gut.

At this point, the best thing he could do for Bobbie Jones was to leave her alone.

Damn, it was hot in the bedroom. He shoved the sheet down to his waist. Princess was going ballistic over there. Why the hell couldn’t Reggie get out of bed and shut her up? It was twelve-thirty in the morning.

Actually, Reggie wasn’t a bad neighbor. He’d helped rebuild the section of fence between their yards, and he didn’t usually let Princess bark her fool head off in the middle of the night. Reggie was probably in the middle of getting some, that’s all.

Which brought him back to Bobbie. Yeah, go figure that thought pattern. Think sex, automatically think Bobbie.

Bottom line. Truth. Being that he wasn’t going to get a wink of sleep with Princess hopping around in her backyard, he ought to at least be honest with himself.

One, he had been a bastard to touch her last night. Two, he had been a bastard to throw his certifiably insane mistake with Cookie in her face. Three, he’d compounded everything by acting like a jealous jerk down at The Cooked Goose instead of letting her in on number one and number two already mentioned.

Reggie’s back door opened, there was a thud, a curse, then a hissed, “Shut the hell up or I’m taking you to the pound.”

Princess stopped barking.

And who was he kidding? He’d used the idea of showing Bobbie “the truth” as an excuse to take out his frustration on Jimbo. But none of it was Jimbo’s fault either. Nick had poached on his territory. The man was within his rights to knock Nick’s block off and throw around a few combative comments. So who else was Brax going to tell first to shut up?

There, everything all out in the open. Conclusion?

He hadn’t handled himself decently since the day Bobbie Jones moved in across the street.

On the other side of the fence, Princess went ballistic again, the high-pitched yelps beating on the inside of his skull. He pulled the pillow over his head.

Where was he? Oh yeah. Indecent handling of himself, nothing to do with whacking off. Conclusion?

Leave her alone. He didn’t have anything to offer. And anything else he said would only make what he’d already done worse.

Of the two of them, Brax was the better choice.

Shit.

The only good thing to come of all his musing was Reggie yanking Princess inside the house and slamming the door. The barking stopped, this time for good.

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