Snowfall in Cold Creek & a Deal Made in Texas by RaeAnne Thayne

Author:RaeAnne Thayne [Thayne, RaeAnne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-09-16T12:47:56+00:00

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Jenny drove through the streets of Pine Gulch, a strange mix of anticipation and anxiety churning through her. Would he even be willing to see her when she reached the Cold Creek after the hideous way she had treated him?

She had to try. Even if he slammed the door in her face, at least she would not have to live the rest of her life with regrets, knowing she might have touched the stars.

On the outskirts of town, she drove past the bright lights of the town’s single tavern. The Bandito was doing a brisk business tonight, she thought, then took a closer look and nearly drove off the road.

She knew that red car in the parking lot. Seth’s brawny GTO hulked in the corner, shiny and sleek and so distinctive she couldn’t possibly mistake it for anyone else’s car.

So much for sitting at home pining over her.

He was inside the tavern probably having a wonderful time while she was out here dying inside.

She pulled her SUV into an empty space in the parking lot, trying to figure out what she should do. She had two choices. She could go back to the faculty party and get on with the business of forgetting about him, as he had obviously decided to do about her.

Or she could grab hold of the rigging and climb on.

She owed him an apology. By putting so much stock in gossip and rumor about him, she had treated him with terrible unfairness and she had to let him know she was sorry for it.

Even if he decided not to accept her apology, she would at least know she’d tried to offer it.

She turned off her vehicle and slid out, suddenly aware as she stepped onto packed snow of her holiday cocktail dress and high heels. She was going to look conspicuous, foolish, walking into the honky tonk like this.

People would wonder what she was doing there—and when the people in the packed tavern saw her with Seth, rumors would start flying before she would even have time to sit down.

She almost climbed back into her car, then she shook her head. No. She was strong enough to face a few rumors. She wasn’t ashamed of her feelings for Seth. She loved him and she wouldn’t hide it. Let the whole town see, she thought.

That defiant energy carried her to the front door of the Bandito and just inside, but there she stopped as the panic and self-doubt started to nip at her like an unruly puppy.

She scanned the crowd, already painfully aware of the stares. She didn’t see him at first, then when she found him, that little yip of self-doubt turned into a pack of ravaging wolves.

He was sitting in a booth, cozying up to a brunette Jenny didn’t recognize, someone tall and shapely and beautiful. Their heads were close together and the woman was laughing at something he said and Jenny felt like her heart had just been ripped out and thrown on the dance floor for everyone to stomp on.

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