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Sadie
I dropped off the last of the bags into the house and hurried back to my car as quickly as possible. The girls and I had had an amazing weekend, and I felt rejuvenated. However, I wasn’t ready to have an actual conversation with any handsome Hamilton men. In fact, I didn’t want to see anyone, and I didn’t want to talk to anyone. I’d had an eye-opening experience camping with the girls, and I just wanted to go home and focus on the positive steps forward that I’d figured out during the weekend.
I was opening my car door when I felt a hand on my shoulder.
“Hey, you were just going to leave without saying hello?” said a deep, familiar voice.
I turned around, forcing a smile onto my face. “Oh, hey Wyatt, how’s it going?”
“Good. I thought we were going to chat.” He crossed his arms and frowned and I thought about how much he looked like his dad when he gave me that look. I almost wanted to laugh, but I didn’t think he would find it funny.
“I didn’t know you wanted to chat right now. We’ve just come back from camping and frankly, I want to go home and have a shower and, um …” I tripped over my words as I tried to think of an excuse not to stay and talk. It felt weird because normally I never left Horseshoe Ranch.
The look on Wyatt’s face told me he wasn’t buying anything I was saying. I tried to ignore the way his steel-blue eyes pierced into mine. “Sadie.”
“Yes, Wyatt?” I licked my lips nervously. How could my best friend make me feel like this?
He moved a little closer towards me. “Is this about the kiss?”
My heart pounded in my chest, and I wondered if he was about to kiss me again. As much as I wanted him to, I didn’t need that complication right now. I didn’t need to start daydreaming about Wyatt being my Mr. Right.
“No. I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said.
“You’ve been awkward with me ever since the kiss.”
“I haven’t been awkward with you. I’ve just been busy—”
“Sadie, if this is about the kiss, then …”
“Then what?”
“Then I think we need another kiss to get it out of the way.” He pressed his lips softly against mine.
I kissed him back, my heart fluttering as his hands inching around my waist, pulling me closer. Unable to stop myself, I ran my fingers through his hair.
He pulled away and grinned at me. “So now that we’ve had our second kiss, that first kiss shouldn’t affect you so much, right?”
“Excuse me, Wyatt Hamilton. That first kiss wasn’t affecting me so much. I have just been busy. In fact, I couldn’t care less about the first kiss or the second kiss. I couldn’t care less about any of your kisses. I need to go and shower, and then I have to go out because I have a date.”
“You have a date?” His brows slammed together and his smile disappeared.
“Yeah, I have a date,” I lied. I wasn’t going to let him think that he was the only man on my mind.
“With who?”
“With whom, you mean.”
“Sadie, this isn’t fricking English class. Who’s your date with?”
I thought quickly. “Shane.”
“Even though I told you not to go out with Shane?”
“You’re not the boss of me, Wyatt.”
“Sadie, this is getting absolutely ridiculous. You know that, right?”
“It’s not ridiculous, and anyway, I have to go.” I pressed my lips against his one more time because I couldn’t help myself and then pushed him away. “This has nothing to do with kissing you. It’s about me trying to do more with my life than just think about kisses, and romance, and stupid stuff. Believe it or not, I have dreams and goals that have nothing to do with your kisses.”
