What the Bachelor Gets by Kristina Knight

Author:Kristina Knight
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2016-01-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Gage had never been so focused on building a friendship in his life.

A week after having dinner with Callie at the ranch, he sat at his desk in his building downtown, looking out over Vegas. People scurried by on the sidewalk, and he could see a mass of tourists heading for Fremont Street. Maybe he could talk Callie into coming with him to test out Jase’s new blackjack table at one of the hotels. Jase didn’t need, or particularly want, Gage’s input, but Callie didn’t have to know that. Now he just needed a way to ask her that wouldn’t make it sound like a date. She was disturbingly emphatic about their relationship staying within certain boundaries.

Barb brought in a few folders with details about a construction deal over the state line in Utah, and Gage shuffled through the papers while he watched the street below. Somewhere between inviting Callie to the ranch and dinner, being her friend had fallen down his list of priorities. He wanted to see her laugh. Wanted to talk to her about things. But it was clear Callie only wanted his friendship. As if men and women could ever be just friends.

Usually when he was interested in a woman he was direct. He invited her out to dinner, and whatever happened, happened. This friendship thing was messing with his game. But if he wanted a real date with Callie, it was the best place to start.

He picked up his cell to text her, but a Post-it stuck to the back of a page of notes from the seller in Utah caught his attention. Since he’d already won the job, Gage had no qualms about reading the offer notes. PRO-TEM had offered two percent more than Gage had, but their plans for the development were less eco-friendly. They’d planned to build three hundred homes on the acreage; Gage planned no more than two hundred. Their materials were high-end granite, bamboo, and Brazilian cherry, items that would make beautiful interiors. The cost to the environment, though, would be much more than Gage’s proposal. Interesting.

Gage threw the post-it in the trash. PRO-TEM wasn’t a bad organization, but it was a coup to know how they approached developments, because he could play up his own angles of using renewable resources, conservation, and environmental protection. He signed off on the agreement with the Utah landowners and sealed the envelope. Barb would send it to the county commission, and the project would be underway by the fall. One more thing off his to-do list. He put his booted feet up on the desk and leaned back in his chair to watch the tourists. He could play up the “help Jase with a game” angle, and after they played, maybe they could get lost in the crowd along Fremont. Callie seemed to love playing tourist. At the very least she liked the neon and the crowds, and Fremont was full of both, day and night. Add in the favor-for-a-friend angle, and Gage was 99 percent sure he’d have his first date with Callie well in hand by nine o’clock.

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