The Rancher’s Baby Bargain by Mary Sue Jackson & Leslie North

Author:Mary Sue Jackson & Leslie North [Jackson, Mary Sue & North, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

By Friday, Lucy could think of nothing but her upcoming date with Aiden. For once, it felt like a real date and not just a sex-arrangement date. Not that Lucy minded the sex. No. She didn’t mind it at all. In fact, she could do with a lot more of it, if she was being honest with herself. The thought of his body on hers swept her mind right away from the tasks at hand, which was how Lucy accidentally painted half the trim in the downstairs bathroom the same sandy color as the walls.

She cursed under her breath when she saw what she’d done, then inhaled deeply—in through the nose, out through the mouth. It was only the trim. She’d be touching it up anyway.

But why was she so restless?

Lucy stretched her way through the house, swaying her hips this way and that.

It was her clothes.

They felt strange against her skin, though it was the same yoga pants and tank she’d been wearing for most of the renovations. Were they tighter? Or was the fabric different somehow? Her parents’ washer and dryer couldn’t be that old. Maybe she only felt like they were tighter, like her body was somehow…different. The old clothes didn’t work. At least, she felt like they didn’t work, and that amounted to the same thing.

It struck her like a bolt of lightning.

She had a date.

And nothing to wear.

Lucy laughed out loud. The teenaged version of herself would have worn whatever her favorite T-shirt was, dating conventions be damned. But now she found herself wanting to impress Aiden. How could she do that without something new and nice? Not that he kept track of her clothes in that way, but…she wanted it.

Plus, it was a beer festival. Nothing she’d bought since coming home was really what Lucy had in mind for that kind of outdoor event, and certainly nothing she’d brought from the city was going to cut it. The crisp modern neutrals she’d worn to work every day would look ridiculous on the lawn at the festival. She needed something cute and fun and…beer-festival appropriate.

Twenty minutes later, she flung open the door to Holly’s boutique, worried they were about to close. In fact, she had forty minutes to spare. Holly Jackson looked up from behind the counter, brow furrowed.

“Welcome,” she said, though the greeting didn’t sound particularly welcoming. “Is there anything I can help you with?”

“I hope you’re not about to close,” Lucy said. “I need an outfit for tomorrow.”

Holly pursed her lips. “What kind of event?”

“A beer festival.”

“A beer festival,” she repeated solemnly. “I think we have a lot of things that might work, but it’s really up to you.”

It was so different from the way she’d first greeted Lucy, and her heart sank a little. Life could not be high school repeated over and over into infinity. Holly had a different life now. She had to see that Lucy had a different life, too.

“Hey,” Lucy said, as if she was just remembering. “Did you have a chance to use that cleaner?”

Holly’s eyes went wide.

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