“Just look at tomorrow night as a way to relax. Sexually relax.”
“Tomorrow,” I repeat. “This blind date I didn’t agree to is tomorrow night.”
She glances down at her phone as it pings. “Confirmed! Mitchell is available. He’ll meet you at Lucky Cowboy at seven o’clock tomorrow.”
I start to argue her.
Then I think about what I’ll be doing if I don’t go.
I’ll be staying on the ranch, which is exciting.
However, I know I’ll also be thinking about the end of my career.
Crying into my pillow is highly likely.
I’ll probably wade into regret about how I wish I hadn’t opened my mouth and told off my boss.
Ex-boss.
I fight a smile. The thing is, I don’t regret one moment of what I said to Fred.
I’d do it again.
“Exactly,” Alyssa says to me, and I realize I spoke that last thought out loud. “Fred’s an ass. I’m happy you told him so.”
“Thank you.” I blow her a kiss. “And you know what? I’m going to go on this blind date. And I’m going to have fun.”
“Yay! Good for you.” Alyssa smiles widely. “Picture what kind of a man you’d like to have sex with, Mimi. I think this guy could be perfect.”
A flash of the man I smacked into this morning hits me.
His rough-around-the-edges gorgeousness. Those worn jeans he filled out so nicely. And that solid chest. All muscle. I nearly swoon remembering how good it felt against my hands. Plus his little frown was cute.
He was so hot, and grumpy. But sweet somehow. He was…different from other men I’ve met. And I felt a spark.
Something I haven’t felt in a long while.
“What are you thinking about?” Alyssa eyes me curiously.
“Nothing.” I shake my head. “Just life.”
“We’ll pick out your outfit together. And I want details the next morning.” Alyssa smiles at me.
Holy crap.
I’m going on a blind date.
Tomorrow.
CHAPTER FOUR
Michael
“Rope him, Michael!” my brother, Ayden, calls out from behind the fence.
I swing my rope the way my cowboy cousins taught me, and then I throw.
“Yes!” I raise my hands in the air like I just roped an actual steer and not a dummy mounted to a bale of hay.
