All I Want for Christmas Is a Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan & Katie Lane & Emma Cane

Author:Jennifer Ryan & Katie Lane & Emma Cane
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780062284723
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-12-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

CALEB HIT THE bottom of the stairs, stood in the foyer, and checked his watch. He had an hour. Probably not enough time to do all the things he planned, but he’d rush and hopefully give Summer a really great surprise.

“Where are you going?” Jack came down the stairs freshly showered, too.

“Over to Summer’s place. I’m surprising her with dinner.”

“She’ll be surprised if it turns out edible.” Jack slapped him on the back and laughed.

Caleb joined him, and some of the tension in his gut eased. “So, you’re cool with this?”

“Look, any other woman, I’d be all for it. This is my sister, which means you’ll be extra careful about the way you treat her. Not that you aren’t nice to women in general, but . . . ah, you know what I mean. So, yeah, we’re cool.”

Caleb smacked Jack on the back and headed for the kitchen to grab the rest of his supplies.

“Need some help?”

“I’ll take the box, you take the bag.”

Caleb turned to grab the bag from Jack at his truck and found him with his face practically inside the thing.

“Wine, pasta, sauce.” Jack pulled out the flowers. “Pink roses. All her favorites. You went all the way to town to get her flowers?”

“After I hit the grocery store. Yeah.”

“Did you get any work done today?”

“Not much,” Caleb said with a sheepish smile. “I want to do this right. You may not want to hear this, but I have some making up to do with Summer for all the times I avoided her, or made it seem like this thing between us wasn’t really there at all. I hurt her feelings more times than I care to count. I’m moving forward, and that woman is going to be mine by Christmas.”

For a second he thought he’d gone too far, revealed too much.

Jack’s face lit up, and he let out a hearty laugh. “You’ve got it bad, man.”

“You have no idea.”

“Please, no details.” Jack held up his hand and made a disgusted face. Caleb laughed with him and it felt like old times. “What’s with the tree and other boxes in the back?”

“She’s so into the Christmas tradition thing, I thought she might like to have a small tree at the cabin. I’m going to set it up before she gets home with some of the extra decorations.”

“Want some help?”

“Actually, I’d like to do it myself.”

“She’ll love it.”

“I want to make her happy.”

“The tree, flowers, dinner, her favorite dessert, whatever else you’ve got planned tonight.” Jack went quiet for a second. “I don’t want to think or know what you’ve got planned for later tonight. All of it, you, will make her happy.”

“Thanks, Jack. I gotta go if I’m going to get all this set up before she gets home.”

“Call my cell if you need me to stall her. I can ask her up to the house for some reason or another.”

Caleb nodded and climbed behind the wheel and drove across the property to the cabin. He might not be a gourmet cook, but he could throw together a decent meal.

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