The Best Friend's Billionaire Brother: A Caprock Canyon Romance by Bree Livingston

Author:Bree Livingston [Livingston, Bree]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bree Livingston Publishing
Published: 2019-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“Gabby?” Carrie Anne’s voice came through the door. “Let me in, okay?”

What was there to talk about? Carrie Anne had been wrong. Her plan was a disaster, and Gabby’s heart was in shreds. Wyatt had called kissing her a mistake. A mistake. Hadn’t she made it clear that she’d only been talking to Bandit? That saying they were together was too strong a word? She’d sure tried.

Another knock, and Carrie Anne said, “Please? Can I come in?”

Gabby looked over her shoulder as she lay curled up on the bed with her back to the door. “Okay.”

It slowly opened, and Carrie Anne stuck her head in. “What happened?” She slipped inside and shut the door behind her. “Why are you crying?”

“He kissed me.”

Carrie Anne gasped. “That’s great.”

“And then said it was a mistake.” Tears pooled in Gabby’s eyes again. It was her biggest fear. That something would happen between them and then he’d call it a mistake. “That we’re just friends, and he was just caught up in the moment.”

The bed moved as Carrie Anne sat down and rested her hand on Gabby’s arm. “I don’t think he really believes that.”

Gabby sat up. “How can you say that? You should have seen him. He looked…distraught. Like it was the worst mistake he’d ever made. I was the worst mistake he’d ever made. I tried…” The sentence trailed off as the words caught in her throat.

Carrie Anne pulled her into a hug and rubbed her back. “He thinks you’re dating Bandit. If I know him as well as I think I do, that’s why he said all that.”

Pulling back, Gabby said, “But I hinted as hard as I could that Bandit and I weren’t really dating. I told Wyatt that we’d only been kind of talking.”

“Yeah, but Bandit is family. If Wyatt thought for a moment he was stepping in on territory he shouldn’t, he’d run as fast as he could.” Carrie Anne brushed Gabby’s hair back. “And Lord knows I love him, but we’ve already established he’s thick as a brick. He couldn’t pick up a hint if it bit him in the butt.”

“He’s not stupid, and I dropped hints the size of dinosaurs.”

Carrie Anne sighed. “But this is Wyatt. He’s not stupid; he’s just…so clueless.”

Gabby grabbed a tissue from the box sitting on the nightstand and wiped her nose. “But it wasn’t just a mistake. He said we were friends and that’s where it should stay. He doesn’t see me that way.”

“Well, his lips were telling a different story.” Carrie Anne chewed her lip, letting the silence stretch a moment. “Listen, I know this is hard, but stick with the plan. Give Wyatt a moment to figure out his own feelings. I’m telling you, my brother cares for you just as much as you care for him.”

Oh, how Gabby wanted that. The very thought that he did care for her was dangling a carrot in front of a mule. It was all she could do not to strap that wagon on and hike the highest hill.

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