That Night in Texas by Joss Wood

Author:Joss Wood
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-02-06T20:36:56+00:00

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Not so far away, Angela Perry heard the front door to her apartment opening and started a mental countdown.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

“You kissed Ryder Currin? In the hallway? At work?”

Angela lowered the bottle of water she’d been guzzling and arched her eyebrows at her best friend who’d just made liberal use of her just-for-emergencies key. Tatiana Havery was perfectly made up and immaculately dressed for eight thirty on a Saturday morning. Angela, makeup free and perspiring from a five-mile run, felt grubby and gross. “I’m going to shower. Can we discuss this later?”

Tatiana wrinkled her nose and waved her hand at her damp clothing. “Your shower can wait until we are done discussing the ludicrous rumor I’m hearing about you kissing the very hot Ryder Currin!”

The word “kiss” was too tame a word for what had happened yesterday. Inhaled? Devoured? Scarfed? Any might work but she certainly had not simply kissed Ryder.

“Why do you assume it’s a rumor?” Angela asked, a little pissed because Tee made it sound like Ryder was so out of her league. “I did kiss him and it was amazing.”

Tatiana’s mouth fell open. “You did not!”

Angela couldn’t help her small smirk. “I so did.” The smirk morphed into a self-satisfied grin. “And it was freakin’ amazing.”

Tatiana lifted her eyebrows. “I can see that it was. Lucky you.” Then a second later, “Or unlucky you.”

Angela frowned at her friend. “And what do you mean by that?”

“Part of the job of being your best friend, honey, is keeping your feet firmly on the ground. So I’m reminding you that the man you just locked lips with allegedly had an affair with your mom. And there’s also a chance that he blackmailed your grandfather into giving him land.”

Tee’s caustic statement blew away her warm and fuzzies. Dammit, she’d forgotten. How could she? But Ryder had told her that there was nothing more between her mom and him than friendship, and she believed him.

Didn’t she?

“He explained that they were just friends.”

“But you can’t be sure, can you?”

She couldn’t, dammit. She only had the word of a man she’d been taught not to trust.

“You know what your dad always says, Ange. Trust but verify.”

“And who can I ask about the past who doesn’t, to quote Dad again, have skin in the game?”

Tatiana considered her question. “Why don’t you go back up to the ranch, find someone who has worked on the ranch, in the house, for a long time and ask what they remember? Servants know everything and someone will know if anything happened between your mom and Ryder.”

It wasn’t a bad suggestion, but Angela wondered whether it was worth the effort. “The thing is, Tee, I really do believe Ryder. While we haven’t had much time to discuss the details, my gut tells me that he’s telling the truth about the past.”

But what if she was wrong? What if she simply wanted to believe Ryder? Was her desire for him confusing the issue?

“What should I do, Tee?”

Tatiana waited a beat before responding.

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