Page 60 of Spurred On

Sadly, this scintillating conversation was cut short when they arrived at Logan’s ranch. They pulled into the drive and parked next to the barn.

“Looks like Ford is here too,” Cade said as he put the truck in park. “And the Wilders.”

“Yay.”

Cade smacked him on his shoulder. “Come on, brother. Put on that happy face.”

And so he did. He arranged his features into something resembling manic glee and followed his brother into the house.

As always, the table was set up for poker, but for once, Cody wasn’t in the mood. He tried to be sociable, greeting Rafe, Ben, and Brandon with effusive delight.

He might have overdone it, because they all looked at him askance.

After their greetings they grabbed beers and sat around the table.

“To Logan and Hanna,” Rafe said, raising his bottle. They all clinked and took a sip.

“Logan and Hanna!”

“So what are your plans?” Ben asked.

Logan leaned back in his chair. “Well, the first thing on the agenda is the official engagement party.” He shot a glance at Cody. “Guess where Hanna wants to have it?”

“Where?” Some fancy place in Dallas, probably.

“The Stud Ranch.”

Cody gaped at him. “You are kidding, aren’t you?”

“Nope.” Logan chuckled. “She thinks it’s poetic justice, having the party where we, um, met.”

“Technically, you didn’t meet there,” Cody felt obliged to mention. Though he was delighted to have the business. A booking was a booking.

“I think you get the point without me going into any details,” Logan said with a smirk. “Point is, Hanna is insistent.”

“Well, we’ll make it happen,” Cade said. And then with a nudge, “Won’t we, Cody?”

“Of course. Of course we will.” And then, with the heat of a thousand suns roiling in his gut, he realized, if Hanna had her party at the ranch . . . Sidney would have to come.

Sidney would have to come.

Holy God.He would see her again. He would have another chance.

All of a sudden, his smile wasn’t so forced.

“You should be pleased, Cody,” Ben said with a grin. “Since bringing Logan to that party was your idea.”

Something rose into his throat. Lodged there. He glanced at Logan. “Did you tell everyone about that?”

“I didn’t tell a soul.”

Ben grabbed the deck and started to deal. “Naw, Sidney told me.”

The thing in his throat swelled. “Sidney?”

“Yeah.” Ben sent him a truly wicked smile. “On our date.”

A buzzing howled in his head. His vision dimmed. His heart thudded.