“Thalia, you still there?”
“I sure am.”
“How’s it going with Liam?”
“Not too bad, although he was an ass out on the lake, earlier.”
She sighed down the phone. “You can’t swim”
“Yeah, I know. It was pretty scary, especially when Liam rocked the boat.” I inhaled and let my breath out slowly, knowing when I mentioned, Jack, I’d get bombarded with questions. “His brother, Jack, pulled me out and looked ready to murder Liam. I left them to it and ran off to cry.”
“That bastard, he made you cry – hang on – Jack – who’s Jack?”
I smiled thinking about Jack. “He’s Liam’s brother and so damn hot.”
“Please tell me you aren’t getting up to no good with his brother?”
“It depends what you call ‘any good’.” She stayed silent. “He came after me and held me in his arms. He felt good – hard and solid against me – he’s getting married.”
“Oh fuck!”
“Lovely language, for a lady.”
Callie snorted in response.
“He’s lonely Callie. Even though he’s always done what his parents wanted him to do, even, if I’m not mistaken, marry this woman; they still treat him like shit. The
fact that he’s good looking, doesn’t help my attraction to him.”
“You are in trouble. Perhaps, I should visit. To check him out.”
“No, you won’t.”
Shit. She started to laugh – rather loudly. “You’re in way over your head. What does Liam have to say about all this?”
I sighed. “I can’t figure him out. He said he wants me to ‘pretend’ to be his girlfriend and that he knows we aren’t going anywhere. He just wants to be friends, which is more than fine with me. He also said that Jack will get married, no matter what. Basically, he warned me away from his brother.”
“How does he know you have the hot’s for Jack and how old is he?”
“Apparently, Jack has never acted with anyone the way he does with me. The episode on the lake was to prove to me that Jack would come to my rescue, and he did... Oh, and he’s twenty-five.”
“What are you going to do? It sounds like he has the hots for you as well.”
“Oh Callie, he pulls at me. When I see him all I want to do is hold him. Wrap him up in my arms and never let go.” I laughed, embarrassed. “I only met him less than twenty-four hours ago and can’t get him out of my head.”
“Thalia, he’ll break your heart. Promise me, you’ll stay away from him, no matter how hard it is. Make sure Liam is always with you around the house so you don’t get caught on your own with him.”
I didn’t think it wise telling her I was sharing a bathroom with him.
“Anyway, enough about me. How’s Texas?” She giggled. I moved the phone away from my ear and looked at it, thinking I’d heard wrong. She never giggled. “Did you just giggle at me?”
“Maybe.”
“Callie.”
“We have a new ranch hand – he’s hot. He’s a sexy cowboy, Thalia….”
Shit. “That is so not fair – I bet Jack would look hot in denim, boots, and open shirt.” I could dream and probably would.