Winning his Love by Kat Bellemore

Author:Kat Bellemore [Bellemore, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KB Press

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Eliza stared.

Jessie winning the bid for herself hadn’t made sense.

But this? Winning it for Eliza? That was Jessie 101.

“I had told Jessie to bid on something for me. Told her I had two hundred bucks saved up for it,” she said, shaking her head. Eliza knew better than to blindly trust that Jessie would bid on a new wetsuit from the scuba shop or something equally useful. This was Eliza’s fault for giving the woman free rein.

“Oh, this cost more than the two hundred bucks you gave her.”

Great. Did Jessie expect Eliza to pay her the extra it had cost to win the bid?

Eliza’s heart did a dive, and she asked weakly, “How much did this date with you cost?” She held her breath as she awaited his answer.

Travis looked like he didn’t want to give it. “Three hundred and forty dollars.”

Eliza jumped to her feet. “Three hundred and—”

Oh, that woman was going to get it.

Eliza snatched her phone from her back pocket and immediately called Jessie. They were going to clear this up right then and there.

Travis looked like he didn’t know if he should be there for this conversation, so he wandered back over to his baseboards, put some headphones on, and busied himself on the opposite side of the room.

Just to be safe, Eliza stepped out into the hall.

“Hello?” Jessie sounded so sweet and unassuming, you’d never know what really lay under the surface until it was too late. Even now, Eliza was still learning.

“I don’t have three hundred and forty dollars to pay for a date that I didn’t want to go on in the first place,” Eliza said, skipping any pleasantries.

A pause.

“Is this Eliza?”

Really, she was going to play it that way?

“You know who this is, Jessie. And I told you two hundred dollars. I wanted a hat or an ice cream cake. Maybe a new snorkel.”

A small chuckle. “I see that you’ve finally talked with Travis. I wondered how long that would take. Longer than it should have, really.”

Eliza groaned. “Jes-sie…”

“You really can’t blame me, dear. You weren’t specific about what you wanted from the auction. And don’t worry about the excess money. Consider it an early Christmas present.”

“You mean the holiday that is still seven months away?”

“Fine. A late Christmas present.”

Eliza paced the hallway and rubbed her eyebrows. “Is it one that is exchangeable?”

She felt bad even asking it. Jessie must have desperately wanted this for Eliza if she was willing to pay one hundred and forty dollars of her own money for it. But still…dating and romance and all that…it wasn’t something that had ever been in the cards for Eliza. She didn’t have time for it.

Not only that, but the memory of what Craig had done… It still stung. Of course, that was nothing compared to what her mother had done to her father.

And that was the dealbreaker—she wouldn’t allow herself to do the same thing to someone else.

A long pause from the other end of the line.

“I’m afraid not, dear. This one is for keeps.

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