The Return (BookShots Flames) by Erin Knightley

Author:Erin Knightley [Knightley, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2016-10-10T18:00:00+00:00

By the time they reached the hotel, Ashley felt as though they’d finally hit the Reset button on their relationship. All the bad blood between them had been left behind on the long stretch of highway somewhere between Dallas and Oklahoma City.

After checking in—adjoining rooms this time, something so full of unspoken possibilities that her blood stirred with need—they stepped into the elevator as a pair of women Ashley recognized as fellow barrel racers hurried over and slid in with them before the doors closed.

“Well, well, well,” the taller one said, a sly grin tugging at her bright-red lips. “If it isn’t the happy couple.”

Ashley stiffened at her tone, but Mack’s expression didn’t change in the least. Lazy smile in place, he nodded. “Hi, Miranda, Kelsey. Long time no see.”

The grin turned into a smirk. “And now we see why. Busy with your new girlfriend?”

“Oh, Ashley’s not my girlfriend,” he said calmly, evenly. “We’re just friends from back home.”

It was exactly what he should have said, but that didn’t stop a pang of disappointment from thumping Ashley in the chest.

Miranda lifted one sculpted eyebrow. “That’s not what it looked like last night. I must say, I’m a little miffed. You always said you’d never date a fellow competitor, and now look at you, getting cozy with the new girl after her first ride.” She gave Ashley a dismissive glance, as though she didn’t warrant the time of day.

“That’s right,” the other woman, Kelsey, said, laughing lightly as she shook her head. “You always did say that’s what buckle bunnies were for.”

It was obvious that Kelsey, with her easy smile and clear blue eyes, was amused by Mack’s antics, while Miranda harbored some sort of crush on him.

He gave a one-shouldered shrug. “Yeah, well, I’m not with the rodeo anymore. Ashley needed a little help getting into the sport, and I happened to have some free time. You could call her my little side project while I’m waiting out my injuries.”

Ashley felt as though she’d been slapped in the face. After all that they’d just shared, he was calling her his little side project? Anger, mixed with a healthy dose of hurt, sprang up, clogging her throat and reddening her cheeks.

The elevator slowed to a stop, and when the doors slid open, she turned to him and said, “Why don’t you hang out with your friends here tonight, Mack? I won’t be needing your charity anytime soon.”

Kelsey tilted her head in confusion, her brow wrinkled above her guileless eyes. “Girl, as if you need charity, you lucky duck. I know your cousin and, according to him, you ended up with half his inheritance!”

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