Page 54 of Wilde Ride

“Okay, the way you look at that cowboy makes even me get hot.”

My mouth fell open. “I do not!”

Laughing, she replied, “The hell you don’t. Even your brother told me you’ve had a crush on Levi since you were little.”

“What?” I spun around and looked at her. “When did he tell you that?”

She tried not to smile. “When you were both smelling one another’s scents and staring into each other’s eyes.”

“He did not!”

“Oh, yes, he did.”

After taking a minute to gather my thoughts, I slowly shook my head. “My brother knew I liked Levi?”

She gave a small shrug. “Apparently.”

“Was he mad?”

Frowning, she asked, “Why would he be mad?”

I threw my hands up in the air. “I don’t know! I don’t know anything anymore. Sometimes the way Levi looks at me, it makes me think he feels something between us. But then he’ll go and say he’s not ready to date. I’m so confused, Lilibeth.”

Taking my hand in hers, she said, “Let’s go out. We can dance with guys we don’t know and just have some fun. Call your sister. Tell her she’s going whether she likes it or not. Moreen’s meeting us there.”

“But Caden and Levi went out as well.”

She laughed. “Are they the going-out police?”

I chuckled. “No, but what if we go to the same bar?”

Lilibeth tilted her head and regarded me for a moment. “I don’t want to sound mean, but your brother doesn’t really seem like the type who would go to Billy’s Honky-Tonk. He seems more like the kind of guy who’d go to…what’s the name of that bar outside of town? The one where all the old timers go and hang out.”

I burst out laughing. “You mean the dive bar?”

“Yes, the one right on the edge of town.”

“Billy’s.”

“No, not the honky-tonk.”

“No, I know what you mean, it’s Billy’s. Billy Junior owns the honky-tonk.”

Lilibeth frowned. “Why would he name his bar the same as his father’s?”

“To be fair, he added honky-tonk after it.”

She laughed. “Call your sister, tell her she’s going out. I’ve got to change, so should I swing by the ranch to pick you both up?”

Taking my perfume bottle, I grabbed my purse. “Sure, that’s perfect. See you in about an hour?”

“See you then.”

I started to head toward the door, Lilibeth behind me. As I stepped out and headed to my car, she yelled out, “Wear something sexy!”

Levi

“Nothing’s changed, has it?” Gatlin asked as he slid a beer my way.