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arm on the steering wheel, he faced Elise, regret in his voice. “You don’t know how sorry I am.”
“Oh, I think I do,” she laughed softly in the dim light of the truck. Suddenly, her eyes brightened and she squared her sexy shoulders. “Tell me what’s wrong. I could help you.”
Colt shook his head and smiled as he ran a finger down her cheek. “Elise, if you come along, I’d spend all my time looking at you instead of helping out like I should.” In his mind, there was no need to drag Elise into this. It could be a bad run of luck, but it smelled more like Riley’s doing.
Leaning over to brush his lips against hers, he said in a low, dark tone, “I know you’ll be worth the wait.”
* * * * *
Feeling more than a little tired as she drove up to the Lonestar the following Monday, Elise thought about her long weekend, or at least that’s what it felt like—long!
After she left Colt on Friday, she’d arrived home to find no less than five messages on her cell phone from her parents. She’d shut off her answering machine a week ago because her father kept leaving her messages asking when she’d be coming home. Then he’d started calling her cell phone instead. Hence the reason she left it at her apartment. Every message on her cell phone related to her parents wanting to make sure she would be back from her vacation before the late summer party. According to them, they’d planned it as a special occasion.
Elise knew she had to tell her parents in person that she had made a new life for herself away from Virginia. She also had a few more of her things in storage she wanted to have shipped down to Texas. Her parents’ persistence just stepped up the timeframe sooner than she’d expected.
The next morning she’d taken the first plane flight out to D.C. She’d considered giving Colt a call to let him know she’d be gone for a few days, but they weren’t in a relationship. Plus, a phone call from her might have given him the impression she perceived them as a couple and as such felt the need to check in with him. Not!
Ugh, going home hadn’t been a pretty scene.
“You’re going to what?” her father had railed.
“Now Fred, don’t go getting your blood pressure up,” her mother said in a calm voice as she smoothed her blonde bobbed hair against her neck. “What Elise meant was that she wanted to spend the rest of her summer tending to her investment.”
“That’s not what I said,” Elise interrupted as frustration knotted her stomach at her parents’ complete disregard for her hopes and desires, once again. “I said that I plan to move to Boone permanently. It’s my home now.”
“Look here, young lady,” her father began, drawing his bushy, dark brown brows together in a frown. “You so much as even think of moving to Texas for good and you can kiss your inheritance goodbye.”
Elise had stiffened at her father’s ultimatum. Once again he’d tried to use the lure of money to keep her in Virginia and working for Hamilton’s. The problem with his plan was that she didn’t care about the money.
She’d narrowed her gaze on her father, then tilted her chin in a defiant manner. “I’ll be back here at the end of the summer for the party. I haven’t forgotten my obligation to the Save a Heart Charity. If I have to give them the donation from my own funds, so be it.”
Her father had snorted in anger at her response, then he nodded as if pleased with himself. “Twenty thousand dollars is a lot of cash, Elise. You might have done well when you sold your share of that dot com company you helped start, but somehow I doubt you have that kind of cash lying around.”
She’d refused to answer him and had to listen the entire rest of the weekend as her father hounded her about her duty and responsibility to Hamilton Industries. In her heart, she understood he wanted her to help maintain and manage the fortune he’d amassed over the years. Unfortunately, she couldn’t force
“Oh, I think I do,” she laughed softly in the dim light of the truck. Suddenly, her eyes brightened and she squared her sexy shoulders. “Tell me what’s wrong. I could help you.”
Colt shook his head and smiled as he ran a finger down her cheek. “Elise, if you come along, I’d spend all my time looking at you instead of helping out like I should.” In his mind, there was no need to drag Elise into this. It could be a bad run of luck, but it smelled more like Riley’s doing.
Leaning over to brush his lips against hers, he said in a low, dark tone, “I know you’ll be worth the wait.”
* * * * *
Feeling more than a little tired as she drove up to the Lonestar the following Monday, Elise thought about her long weekend, or at least that’s what it felt like—long!
After she left Colt on Friday, she’d arrived home to find no less than five messages on her cell phone from her parents. She’d shut off her answering machine a week ago because her father kept leaving her messages asking when she’d be coming home. Then he’d started calling her cell phone instead. Hence the reason she left it at her apartment. Every message on her cell phone related to her parents wanting to make sure she would be back from her vacation before the late summer party. According to them, they’d planned it as a special occasion.
Elise knew she had to tell her parents in person that she had made a new life for herself away from Virginia. She also had a few more of her things in storage she wanted to have shipped down to Texas. Her parents’ persistence just stepped up the timeframe sooner than she’d expected.
The next morning she’d taken the first plane flight out to D.C. She’d considered giving Colt a call to let him know she’d be gone for a few days, but they weren’t in a relationship. Plus, a phone call from her might have given him the impression she perceived them as a couple and as such felt the need to check in with him. Not!
Ugh, going home hadn’t been a pretty scene.
“You’re going to what?” her father had railed.
“Now Fred, don’t go getting your blood pressure up,” her mother said in a calm voice as she smoothed her blonde bobbed hair against her neck. “What Elise meant was that she wanted to spend the rest of her summer tending to her investment.”
“That’s not what I said,” Elise interrupted as frustration knotted her stomach at her parents’ complete disregard for her hopes and desires, once again. “I said that I plan to move to Boone permanently. It’s my home now.”
“Look here, young lady,” her father began, drawing his bushy, dark brown brows together in a frown. “You so much as even think of moving to Texas for good and you can kiss your inheritance goodbye.”
Elise had stiffened at her father’s ultimatum. Once again he’d tried to use the lure of money to keep her in Virginia and working for Hamilton’s. The problem with his plan was that she didn’t care about the money.
She’d narrowed her gaze on her father, then tilted her chin in a defiant manner. “I’ll be back here at the end of the summer for the party. I haven’t forgotten my obligation to the Save a Heart Charity. If I have to give them the donation from my own funds, so be it.”
Her father had snorted in anger at her response, then he nodded as if pleased with himself. “Twenty thousand dollars is a lot of cash, Elise. You might have done well when you sold your share of that dot com company you helped start, but somehow I doubt you have that kind of cash lying around.”
She’d refused to answer him and had to listen the entire rest of the weekend as her father hounded her about her duty and responsibility to Hamilton Industries. In her heart, she understood he wanted her to help maintain and manage the fortune he’d amassed over the years. Unfortunately, she couldn’t force
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