Wicked Games by Alison Kent

Author:Alison Kent [Kent, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: www.gIRL-gEAR
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2010-01-27T23:00:00+00:00

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If Kinsey had ever had doubts as to whether step two in her Doug-trapping plan would be worth sitting through three hours of football on a Sunday afternoon when she could've been taking care of at least a dozen errands, well, she had her answer—even if the Texans didn't win.

The animation that gave Doug the look of a boy at his first big-league ball game had been nothing if not contagious. She couldn't say she'd paid as much attention to the game as he had, but that was okay. She'd had an amazingly great time watching him, instead.Having known Doug now for three or four years, she'd never questioned that he was a kid at heart. And since she couldn't have taken herself seriously if she'd tried, they got along like Forrest Gump's peas and carrots.

Still, it would have to be an awfully big bowl of vegetables to hold both Houston and Denver. There was all that real estate, not to mention the other carrots and peas to deal with in between.

She hadn't yet decided on the third crucial step in her plan to convince Doug that he couldn't live without her, but wondered if there was really any need to continue the game. Nothing she'd learned thus far led her to believe he had any intention of changing his mind about leaving.

He'd be gone soon, she'd be auctioned off to the highest bidder and that would be the end of their succotash.

Her plain white Keds scuffing along on the concrete, Kinsey walked beside Izzy out of Reliant Stadium, having watched the Texans lose by a last-minute field goal. With Doug and Baron not far behind, the two women headed for the shuttle bus staging area to catch a ride back to the Metro lot where she and Doug had hooked up with the other couple earlier today.

"So?" Kinsey asked, needing a distraction from her depressing thoughts. "How're things going between you and Baron?"

"Is this more of that gIRL-gEAR all-for-one thing?" Izzy asked, gesturing with an expressive wave. "I give you the lowdown on Baron and you tell me about Doug?"

Kinsey shrugged. "There's not a lot to tell. I'm wild for him, and he's moving to Colorado."

"Crazy woman." Izzy smacked Kinsey's arm. "Talk him out of it."

"Right." Kinsey dodged a pair of playful boys waving their Texans banners as they ran. "He told me on the drive over that one of the Warren Sill secretaries gave him the grand house-hunting tour."

"Did he buy anything?"

"No."

"Then, as long as that's all she gave him, what's the big deal?"

"He's committed to going."

Izzy didn't say anything. She didn't have to. Her big bad wolf huff blew a hole in the defense Kinsey was building on the fly.

"At this point, there's not a lot I can do except lick my wounds and hope I bring in a bundle at the auction. Otherwise, I'll be a big fat three-time loser."

"And how do you figure that?"

"I told you about the bet Poe conned me into, right?" she asked, and Izzy nodded.

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