Boots and the Heartbreaker (Ugly Stick Saloon #11) by Myla Jackson

Author:Myla Jackson [Jackson, Myla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2015-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Colin unwrapped the woman’s arms from around his neck and pushed her to arms’ length, looking past her to Fancy’s face, blanched of color. “Kylie, I’m busy. Do you mind?”

Kylie pouted and slipped her arms around his middle. “Oh, come on. Surely you can spare a minute or two to catch up with an old friend.”

Fancy spun and ran the other direction.

“No, Kylie. I can’t spare a second.” He tried to step around Kylie.

Kylie was faster, moving to block his path with her body. “Not even for old time’s sake?” She ran her fingers down the front of his shirt. “We were so good in bed. Can’t we pick up where we left off?”

Not really. The woman was too noisy and raked him with her claws. And not in a good way. He didn’t want to do it, but some women required the blunt truth.

“Kylie, I have no intention of picking up where we left off. I’m not interested. I love someone else.” He gripped her arms, moved her to the side and ran after Fancy.

“You could have been a little more sensitive, Colin,” Kylie yelled after him. “Damn cowboys.”

Colin didn’t look back, his gaze panning the crowd, searching for Fancy. She couldn’t be that far ahead. He spotted her next to a merry-go-round, talking to her uncle and Colin’s mother.

“Oh, there’s Colin now. He’s not lost at all.” His mother smiled and waved toward him. “Colin, honey, Fancy’s ready to leave. Carl would have taken her, if we couldn’t find you, but now that you’re here…”

Colin captured Fancy’s elbow in his hand. “Thank you, Mom. I’ll handle this.”

“Good.” His mother turned to Carl. “Let’s go.”

As soon as the older couple stepped away, Fancy jerked her arm out of Colin’s grip. “You don’t have to leave on my account. I’ll find alternate transportation.”

“If you want to go home, I’ll take you. Just give me a minute to explain.”

She snorted. “Explain what? You’re entitled to whatever or whoever you want to do. I’m not your keeper.”

Gripping her arm again, he led her toward the Ferris wheel and handed over two tickets. “Get in the seat.”

She stood with her feet braced and her arms crossed over her chest. “I’m not going on the Ferris wheel with you.”

“I would like the opportunity to talk. Uninterrupted.”

Fancy shook her head. “No.”

“We’ll just talk.”

“No.”

He lifted her hand and threaded his fingers with hers. “Please.”

Fancy rolled her eyes and sighed. “I’m going to regret this,” she muttered. “Fine. I’ll ride the damned Ferris wheel with you, but it won’t change my mind.”

Colin handed Fancy into the seat and turned to the operator, slipping him a fifty dollar bill. Beneath his breath he said, “I like the view from the top, if you get my drift.”

The man winked and waited until Colin settled in the seat beside Fancy. Then he flipped a lever and set the Ferris wheel in motion and it rose to the top, around and back to the bottom, settling into a slow rhythm of revolutions.

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