Page 21 of For the Promise

“What about the time you blocked his car in? He couldn’t leave until you moved your car.”

“It was an accident.”

It wasn’t an accident and Jaxon did leave before I moved my car. He got a ride home with Kai, who was mad at me forgifting him a calendar. Okay, it was five different calendars. And a watch. And a stopwatch.

“And then there was the time you disabled the Wi-fi from the entire distillery, thinking he would come out of his office to check what happened.”

He didn’t check what happened. He used his phone as a hotspot. Doesn’t he know how much it costs to use your phone as a hotspot for the entire day?

“But the best was when you switched off all of the electricity for the entire distillery.”

I didn’t switch offall of theelectricity. I would never endanger the beer or whiskey.

“Rhett and the rest of the Raider brothers had a bet going on how long Jaxon would stay in his office before he realized the electricity was out.”

How was I to know Jaxon has a mini-generator for his office?

“Who won the bet?”

Dakota shakes her finger at me. “Don’t try and get me off the subject. Why are you giving up on Jaxon?”

“Seriously? You have to ask after listing all the ways I tried to get his attention and all the ways he managed to ignore me. The poor man would rather have hemorrhoids than speak to me. Case closed.”

“But you seemed really into him.”

I was. I still relive our one kiss every night in bed. It gets me all hot and bothered every time.

“I thought he could be my rebound man,” I say instead of admitting how embarrassed I am to admit the man who I wanted to strip naked and taste every inch of ignored me the following day.

Dakota pats my hand. “I thought Rhett would be my rebound.”

I grab onto the change of subject. “But he’s not. He’s your forever man.”

“Yeah.” She sighs.

I pull into the parking lot ofSirens & Saddlesand find a spot. I’m actually terrified of riding a horse. But I figure being terrified will get my mind off of Jaxon. I can’t be scared of being bucked off a horse and breaking my neck while daydreaming about his lips, can I?

No one’s that good of a multitasker.

Chapter 8

“Welp. That didn’t turn out the way I expected.” ~ Blossom

Two months later

Blossom

Iglance at the clock. Thirty minutes. I have less than half an hour to finish this inventory, order any missing supplies, and get changed for Dakota’s party. I can do this.

Ha! I throw my arms in the air in celebration when I finish ordering the supplies in less than twenty minutes. Ten minutes to change. More than I need.

There’s a knock on the restroom door when I’m applying my lipstick. “Blossom, are you ready?”

I open the door and beam at my boss. “With five minutes to spare.”

Paisley shakes her head. “Your obsession with time management rivals mine.”

“There’s a reason you hired me.”

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