Page 6 of Giddy-Up
CHAPTER TWO
Ican’t believe shefucking ran.
Granted, Wade didn’t exactly have women banging down his door to date him, but Riley was the first woman to actually physically run from him.In heels as well.That signals commitment right there.She wanted to get away from him so badly that she was willing to risk breaking an ankle in order to do so.
Fan-freaking-tastic.
Almost a whole day had gone by since he was left stranded on the dance floor, yet Wade could still feel the sting in his chest.How could he have been so wrong?He had been so sure there had been something there.Something electric.
“Hey!”Matt bellowed before snapping his fingers in Wade’s face.“Earth to fucking Romeo.Some of us are still on the damn clock.”
They all were.They were completing final checks together today.It seemed like the sensible thing to do given the hangovers his little brothers started the day with.Three sets of eyes were better than one.
“Jesus Christ, man,” Jonah chimed in.“What the hell is going on with you today?”
“He’s lovesick,” Matt answered for him.“He’s hooking up with our new maid.Which reminds me, you think we need to get her to sign something to say she’s not gonna sue us for sexual harassment?”
“Why would she do that?”Jonah chirped.
“I’m pretty suresex with the bossis grounds to sue,” Matt answered.
Oh, the joys of working with family.“I’m not having sex with Riley, you assholes.”Wade shot them both the dirtiest look he could muster.
“No?”Matt leant back against the barn door, crossing his ankles as he eyed him.“Then how do you explain the handholding and the moony eyes?Oh, and the fact she was your date to your brother’s wedding?”
“She was?”Jonah looked confused.
Wade sighed.“It’s a long story, okay.”A story he had no intention of sharing.“All you need to know is that we’re not hooking up and she doesn’t need to sign anything, so can we drop it?”
“You fucking like her!”Jonah laughed and pointed at Wade, before turning his attention back to Matt.“Think you’re right, we’re gonna need to get her to sign something.Casanova over here might as well have love hearts in his eyes.”
He didn’t have the energy for this.He wanted to go home and tend to his bruised ego in peace.Preferably with a cold beer and a good TV show.
But that wasn’t happening either.Not yet.He had one more thing he had to do today.Something he’d spent the day dreading.
Just get it over with.
The sooner he did it, the sooner he could go home.So, with that in mind, he flipped off his brothers and turned to walk away.Ignoring the many, many slurs being hurled at him as he did.
Making his way over to the staff trailers, he may have walked a little slower than usual.He was in no rush to do what he had to do.Which consisted of two things.The first being to check in on Riley, in case she really was sick, though that was highly unlikely.And the second, well, the second thing was the one he was dreading.He had to apologise.
Stop whining and man up.You owe it to her.
His ego was going to take another beating, but that didn’t matter because it was true, he did owe her an apology.For crossing the line.Sick or not, Riley clearly wasn’t interested in himlike that, so calling her beautiful and sexy, despite it being true, was a mistake.A big one.He was her boss.She was his employee.And although he hated to admit it, Matt was right, she could totally sue.
Sooner than he was ready, he found himself knocking on Riley’s door and holding his breath.He waited.Then waited some more.He heard footsteps warily approach the door, but it remained closed.So he tried again.
“Riley?”
