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Book: Mason (Remington Ranch Book 1) (Contemporary Western Romance) by SJ McCoy
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Authors: SJ McCoy
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Adult, Western, New York, Erotic, Brothers, cowboy, Horses, ranch, second chance, Forever, photographer, Brothers BFF, Last Shot, Lost Love Returns
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wrong with you? We came all the way out here to see you and you're not even going to spend the evening with us?”
She was furious. “Liam, I asked you to come and see me. I don't know why you brought them. I didn't want to spend the weekend with your friends. I wanted to spend the weekend with you.”
“Well, we still have work to do. We're pulling the Avery show together, but we changed our plans to come out here for you. You could be a little more gracious about it.”
“You shouldn't have bothered coming at all if you couldn't spare the time for me, Liam!”
“I'm starting to wish I hadn't.”
Damn him! This wasn't going anything like she'd hoped it would. “I'm sorry. I'm disappointed, that's all. I thought you understood how important this was to me.” She had been a little hasty walking out like that. She should go back in. She had been planning on spending the night here with him.
Silence buzzed on the phone. “What time will we see you tomorrow?”
Wow! He was dismissing her. That was always his line when he didn't want to argue. And she'd thought he wanted her to stay. “How about you call me when you're ready?”
“Fine. Good night, Gina.” He hung up.
Gina threw her phone so hard the battery came out when it hit the passenger door. “Screw you, Liam!”
The tires screeched as she pulled out of the parking lot.
Chapter Six
“Is there any point in my hanging around to meet the guy today?”
Gina made a face at her dad. “I told you. I'll bring him over around lunchtime.”
“You said you'd bring him over last night, too. That didn't happen, did it?”
She scowled. “He was tired after traveling all day.”
“And judging by the mood you were in when you came home—and the fact that you came home at all—everything is less than rosy in the garden.”
Gina sighed. Things couldn't be less rosy. Liam was here, but instead of making things better it was making things worse. She was angry with him. Hurt by the way he was treating her. Hurt by the way he was treating Kaitlyn. She was starting to wonder if marrying him was the mistake her dad seemed to think it was. But if she didn't marry him, where would that leave her? Liam—and the gallery—was central to her life. If they split up what would she do? She shook her head. She couldn't think about that. She needed to get back over to the resort and make things right with him. She needed to feel happy with him, convinced that marrying him was the right decision before she saw Mason. His words kept echoing in her mind. I'm going to remind you how I make you feel. She'd need all her strength to resist his determination, and right now she wasn't even sure she wanted to.
“I'll call you when we're on the way, okay?”
“Whatever you say, love.” Her dad came and wrapped her in a hug. “I want to see you happy. You know that, don't you?”
She nodded. She did, too. She just wasn't sure anymore that Liam was the one she could be happy with.
As she drove out to Chico, she wondered again whether she could ever be happy with anyone who wasn't Mason.
~ ~ ~
Mason stared at himself in the bathroom mirror and grinned. He looked good, if he did say so himself. The way Gina had looked at him had made it clear she was bowled over by the man he'd become, the same as he was bowled over by the woman she'd become. He had a good feeling about tonight. The fiancé couldn't have much of a hold on her. She wasn't even wearing a ring! What kind of man would ask a girl to marry him without giving her a ring? And no matter what kind of hold the guy had on her, Mason was convinced that the hold he had was stronger.
He hadn't thought of much other than Gina since he'd seen her coming out of the pharmacy the other day. She might say there was nothing left between them, but her body told him otherwise. He shifted in his pants as he remembered her arching up underneath him. He'd bet the fiancé had never made her come for him on the kitchen table
She was furious. “Liam, I asked you to come and see me. I don't know why you brought them. I didn't want to spend the weekend with your friends. I wanted to spend the weekend with you.”
“Well, we still have work to do. We're pulling the Avery show together, but we changed our plans to come out here for you. You could be a little more gracious about it.”
“You shouldn't have bothered coming at all if you couldn't spare the time for me, Liam!”
“I'm starting to wish I hadn't.”
Damn him! This wasn't going anything like she'd hoped it would. “I'm sorry. I'm disappointed, that's all. I thought you understood how important this was to me.” She had been a little hasty walking out like that. She should go back in. She had been planning on spending the night here with him.
Silence buzzed on the phone. “What time will we see you tomorrow?”
Wow! He was dismissing her. That was always his line when he didn't want to argue. And she'd thought he wanted her to stay. “How about you call me when you're ready?”
“Fine. Good night, Gina.” He hung up.
Gina threw her phone so hard the battery came out when it hit the passenger door. “Screw you, Liam!”
The tires screeched as she pulled out of the parking lot.
Chapter Six
“Is there any point in my hanging around to meet the guy today?”
Gina made a face at her dad. “I told you. I'll bring him over around lunchtime.”
“You said you'd bring him over last night, too. That didn't happen, did it?”
She scowled. “He was tired after traveling all day.”
“And judging by the mood you were in when you came home—and the fact that you came home at all—everything is less than rosy in the garden.”
Gina sighed. Things couldn't be less rosy. Liam was here, but instead of making things better it was making things worse. She was angry with him. Hurt by the way he was treating her. Hurt by the way he was treating Kaitlyn. She was starting to wonder if marrying him was the mistake her dad seemed to think it was. But if she didn't marry him, where would that leave her? Liam—and the gallery—was central to her life. If they split up what would she do? She shook her head. She couldn't think about that. She needed to get back over to the resort and make things right with him. She needed to feel happy with him, convinced that marrying him was the right decision before she saw Mason. His words kept echoing in her mind. I'm going to remind you how I make you feel. She'd need all her strength to resist his determination, and right now she wasn't even sure she wanted to.
“I'll call you when we're on the way, okay?”
“Whatever you say, love.” Her dad came and wrapped her in a hug. “I want to see you happy. You know that, don't you?”
She nodded. She did, too. She just wasn't sure anymore that Liam was the one she could be happy with.
As she drove out to Chico, she wondered again whether she could ever be happy with anyone who wasn't Mason.
~ ~ ~
Mason stared at himself in the bathroom mirror and grinned. He looked good, if he did say so himself. The way Gina had looked at him had made it clear she was bowled over by the man he'd become, the same as he was bowled over by the woman she'd become. He had a good feeling about tonight. The fiancé couldn't have much of a hold on her. She wasn't even wearing a ring! What kind of man would ask a girl to marry him without giving her a ring? And no matter what kind of hold the guy had on her, Mason was convinced that the hold he had was stronger.
He hadn't thought of much other than Gina since he'd seen her coming out of the pharmacy the other day. She might say there was nothing left between them, but her body told him otherwise. He shifted in his pants as he remembered her arching up underneath him. He'd bet the fiancé had never made her come for him on the kitchen table
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