Page 23 of Fall for You
Ronnie blinked, a deer in headlights in the face of her sister’s sweet, searching smile. “Mmm-hmm.”
That was apparently all that was required. She turned to her dad to see if he might give her a hint as to what she’d just agreed to. But all she got was a wink, a grin, and a pat on her knee as Margot and Lewis waxed on about the varying merits of having a live band at the reception.
For a little while there, Ronnie tried to pay attention. She really did. But her brain couldn’t seem to focus for more than a minute before it drifted again.
Back to Dallas. Stupid Dallas, ruining her day.
And did he have to be so hot? Dang it. He’d been conceited enough when he was a teenager, and back then he hadn’t been so…so…
Hot. There was no other word for it. Except maybe…sexy. He had a dangerous air about him. Always had.
Not like serial-killer dangerous, obviously. But he had an edge that never failed to heighten her senses when he was around.
She never knew what he’d say next. Or how he’d make her feel.
Ronnie squirmed in her seat as she watched Lewis grinning like a devoted yellow lab as he gazed at Margot.
Lewis was Dallas’s exact opposite. Everything about her soon-to-be brother-in-law said comfortable. Easygoing.
Boring.
She shook her head. That wasn’t nice. Just because he didn’t pick fights and smirk at her didn’t mean he was boring.
And being an aggressive, cocky jerk didn’t make Dallas interesting.
She crossed her arms with a huff that had everyone looking her way. Margot’s expression grew worried. “You don’t think so?”
Ronnie looked from Margot to Lewis to her dad. No one offered a clue.
“Um, no, I do,” she said.
Margot smiled, clearly relieved, then went back to her earlier monologue.
Ronnie sighed and settled in. This conversation was clearly going to take a while.
With every minute that passed, she had to work harder to fight the urge to yawn. Or fidget. Or…run away.
Lewis and Margot’s conversation was painfully tedious. She was quietly dying inside. Or, at the very least, falling asleep with her eyes open.
It was like night and day from the run-in she’d just had with Dallas. It was impossible not to compare. Sure, she’d been annoyed, irritated…vexed! But she’d also felt…
Alive.
She blinked.
Huh. How long had it been since she’d felt that way?
Lewis started talking at great length about his Aunt Mary’s experience at a resort in Mexico.
When had the conversation shifted to resorts?
Ronnie let her thoughts drift once more to Dallas and the spark of fury in his eyes just before he’d turned away.
Her lips twitched with amusement.
Say what she would about Dallas…
It was undeniably clear that she’d rather fight with him than sit here listening to Lewis any day.
