Broken (Broken 1)

d at Mitch, and said good-bye to Courtney before running back to Jen.

After they left, I started laughing. “You’re going to have to keep a close eye on her, Layton. That girl likes to flirt. ”

Everyone started laughing.

I looked at Courtney.

Her smile faded for a quick second before she took a deep breath and smiled. “So, Mitch and I are taking a drive toward Fredericksburg. He wants to take me to Enchanted Rock. ”

“Oh, I want to go there!” I glanced back at Layton, who was looking at Reed.

“Reed, I didn’t think you would be here so early this morning,” Layton said with a wink.

Reed quickly looked at Courtney, who had walked up and put her arm around Mitch. The hurt on his face about gutted me.

“Well, Anna spent the night last night, and she had to be up early to get ready for work this morning. Since I was up, I thought I’d head on over. ”

Oh, Reed, why would you say that?

I took a peek at Courtney. I could tell she was trying to hide her disappointment in finding out that Anna had spent the night with Reed.

Layton, Reed, and Mitch started talking about the cattle, so I took Court by the arm and led her into the house.

Once we were inside, I poured her a cup of coffee and handed it to her. I was just about to ask her about last night when she let out a laugh.

“I can’t believe she spent the night with him! What a total slut. I mean, they haven’t seen each other in how many years? And he has the nerve to call me names!”

Ah hell. She is totally not over her feelings for Reed.

“Court—”

The sound of the back door opening and Layton and Reed arguing stopped me from saying anything else.

“Reed, you don’t know what in the hell you’re talking about,” Layton said as he grabbed a coffee cup out of the cabinet.

“I disagree with you, Layton. I do know what I’m talking about. You’re making a mistake by not getting rid of it. ”

Courtney rolled her eyes, and Reed saw her.

Reed walked up to Courtney and leaned down. “You have something to say there, Miss High and Mighty?”

Courtney sat up straight and smiled. “Yes. Yes, I do, King of all Assholes. ”

“Let’s hear it. ”

Courtney stood up and put her game face on.

“Uh, Court, how about you and I head on up to, um…the guest room?” I glanced at Layton, who was shaking his head. I shrugged my shoulders. “What? I’m not good at spur-of-the-moment things. ”

Courtney walked up and started poking Reed in the chest. “You and your I-know-everything bullshit. You don’t know shit, Reed Moore. You run off at the mouth and then turn around and sleep with exactly what you were accusing me of. ”

“Oh shit,” Layton and I both said at the same time.

“What? What in the fuck are you even talking about? I’m talking to Layton about some damn plants his cows are eating. What in the hell are you going off on?”

Then, it hit Reed what Court was talking about. He took a step back and looked at Courtney. “Are you fucking kidding me? Are you talking about Anna staying with me last night? Last I checked, Courtney, what I did was none of your business. ”

Courtney laughed and shook her head a few times. “Why can you call me a whore, but then you turn around and fuck a girl you haven’t even seen since high school? Who’s the whore now?”