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“Our friendship will never change, Sadie. If anything, it will only get better.”
“Okay. Well, if you say so.”
“I do say so,” he said.
“Okay, look, we are nearly here.” He held up his phone and showed me the map. “Only about five more minutes to go until we get to the stables.”
“Wow. I am really excited. It’s not even me buying the horses, but I’m super excited.”
“So am I,” he said. “I feel like I’m finally starting my life you know? I feel like I finally found my purpose …” He looked ahead. “It’s exciting, and it’s momentous, and I just want to do the Hamilton family proud. I want Hamilton Stables to become world-renowned. I want kings and queens and princesses and dukes and duchesses and sheiks and barons and tech tycoons to come to Hamilton Ranch and ask me to find them a horse and to train a horse that they could run in the Kentucky Derby and at Ascot, and …” he let out a deep breath. “Well, you know.”
“I know,” I said, “and they will. I promise, one day they will.”
“Well, I just got to find the right couple of horses to start with, and then maybe one day.”
We stopped as we reached the stables. He grabbed my hand and was silent for a few moments.
“Thank you for coming with me, Sadie. There’s no one I would’ve wanted here with me more than you.”
“Thank you for inviting me, Wyatt. I’m happy to share this with you.”
He picked me up and swung me around and around and then stopped as I giggled.
“Let’s do this. Let’s do it,” I said with a nod.
I followed him inside. And as he started observing and touching the first horse on his list, I just stared at him. This was a Wyatt I’d never seen before. This was a Wyatt that was professional and focused and deep. He had a goal and a plan, and it made me even more passionate about my own ideas and plans. I was proud to be his best friend and I was proud to be with him on this journey to the next step in his life.
And I realized more than ever that I also needed to take that next step.
As much as I wanted to daydream about Wyatt and me being together and Wyatt and I falling in love and Wyatt and I making love, I knew that wasn’t the be-all and end-all of my life. I had to focus on more than just sex and romance because, at the end of the day, I wanted to be proud of my own business goals as well. I wanted him to support me, not just as his best friend and the woman that he might date, but as a professional as well.
Chapter Eighty-Six
Wyatt
There was an excited buzz in the room as we all waited for the auction to officially start. I stood there with the papers in my hand, my fingers gripping the pen. I could see Sadie standing there, watching me, smiling at me. And it made me feel happy and proud that she was here with me. I was also grateful that we’d gotten to the auction this morning. When I’d woken up, all I’d wanted to do was pull her into my arms and make love to her, but I knew it was still too soon. She was open and willing, but I wanted to make sure that everything we did was on her terms. I wanted to make sure that the timing was right, and I wanted to make sure that, emotionally, she was ready for whatever came next.
Sadie had infiltrated my bloodstream like nothing I’d ever felt before. I’d never expected to feel this way about anything or anyone, and I was just glad that I was able to focus on the horses as much as I was able to focus on her.
“So you know which ones you’re going for?” she whispered in my ear.
I handed her the paper with the horses that I’d circled, paying careful attention to ensure that no one around us could see. I didn’t want anyone going for the same horses as me, though I was pretty sure I would have competition in the bids.
“Don’t let anyone see,” I said softly. And she grinned as she held them up to her face.
“Don’t worry, Batman, I got you,” she laughed. She nodded as she looked at the horses I’d circled. “I like them, too,” she grinned. “In fact, King Dasani is my favorite.”
“Shh!” I laughed at the made-up name.
“I know, that’s not the real name,” she giggled.
King Dasani was her nickname for Prince Waterman. I guess because Dasani was a type of water, she figured that Prince Waterman was a good nickname. I didn’t want to tell her that anyone with half a brain would be able to figure out that King Dasani was actually Prince Waterman, seeing as Dasani was one of the most popular bottled waters in the country. But Prince Waterman was my number one pick. I had high hopes that I would be able to get him. I’d had a good feeling when I had touched him and made eye contact with him and taken him out into the corral that this was a horse I could work with. This was a champion in the making. I only hoped that I would win the auction.
I was quickly realizing that a hundred and fifty grand was nothing to this crowd. There were big-time trainers here from England and Scotland and Canada and even Dubai. A lot of people were here, and they were willing to bid a lot of money.
I chewed on my lower lip. I was starting to feel nervous. Sadie reached over and squeezed my hand, “It’s okay, Wyatt. You’ll get the horses you want.”
“I hope so,” I said. “A hundred and fifty grand isn’t really a lot of money.”
