Something Borrowed (Lone Star Match Book 2) by Megan Ryder

Author:Megan Ryder [Ryder, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual, Hearts Desire, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Lone Star Match Series, Three Bridesmaids, Three Lost Loves, Matchmaking Bride, Reunite Couples, Best Friends, Wedding Reunion, Beautiful & Feisty, Reconcile Their Past Hurts, Second Year Lawyer, Making Partner, Family Contracting Business, Focus & Ambition, Friends With Benefits, Blind Date, Relationship Decisions, Courage To Pursue
ISBN: 9781946772510
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Grady handed her the stuffed horse and pulled out the list. His brow furrowed as he scanned the list.

“Now that we’ve eaten and gotten some of our items, I think we’re ready for the next challenge. Rock wall.”

“What?” Brigid narrowed her gaze and held out her hand. “Give me the list.”

He kept it close to his chest. “Remember, I had nothing to do with this.”

She lunged from the bench and snatched the piece of paper from his grasp. She unfolded it and studied it, going white as the words sunk in. “Damn it.”

It was true. Rock wall. They each had to climb the rock wall to the top, get their picture taken as proof. And, what was worse, they had to belay each other, whatever the hell that meant.

“I’m not doing this.” She tossed the paper on the table.

He grabbed it. “If we don’t do it, we have no chance of winning. We don’t have enough money to get the rest of the stuff and this was required.”

“Forget it. Not happening.”

He rocked back on his heels, a grin broadening his face. “You’re afraid of heights. I didn’t think anything scared you, besides intimacy.”

She glared at him from the corner of her eye, nose wrinkling in disgust. “So? Lots of people are afraid of heights. And I’m not afraid of heights exactly. I just have a healthy respect for gravity.”

“But you act like nothing scares you.”

She looked away, towards the rides part of the carnival. The fake rock wall jutted up from behind all of the other rides, clearly visible from this angle. Only the roller coaster was taller. There was no way she could climb that. Caroline knew Brigid was terrified of heights, ever since her parents discovered her fear and decided she had to overcome it, using a series of aversion therapy techniques that did nothing to quell the fear. In fact, if anything it added to the pressure she felt in needing to be perfect for them.

Heights and her fear became yet another way for her to fail her parents and give her older brother, who climbed mountains in his spare time, an edge over her.

“There must be another way. Everything is worth one point, right? So, we do something else. Anything else.”

“Apparently, Caroline added point values to each item. This one is worth more than any of the others, putting us firmly in the lead, if we do it. If we do everything else, we can’t beat the points. Besides, do you really want to admit to weakness?”

His tone was teasing but he had picked his words carefully, manipulating her competitive side, and she was irritated to realize she was actually considering it, just to win a freaking game that meant absolutely nothing in the overall scheme of the universe.

“Come on, Brigid. I won’t let you fall. And it might help you overcome the fear.”

She found herself wanting to believe him, his words swaying her to his argument. God, what she wouldn’t give to beat the other girls, and overcome this fear.

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