she was determined to have her way. Sometimes he even gave in to her, but this time he couldn’t be swayed. “I may have one heck of a sweet tooth, but you can’t bribe me with goodies. It won’t work.”
She blew out a sigh and pulled the platter back. “Don’t make me ask Don Calhoun to play for me.”
That little weasel? Surely she wasn’t serious. “The guy who hit on you that night we stopped at the Filling Station to have a drink on our way home from the movies in Wexler?”
“Don went to school with me, and we sometimes performed together at the county fair.”
Ian clucked his tongue. “Calhoun’s a jerk. I saw him watching you from across the room. And as soon as I excused myself to go to the restroom, he took my seat and asked you out.”
“Like I said, Don and I are old friends. But if it makes you feel better, I told him no and let him know that you and I were dating.”
But they weren’t dating anymore. And, old friends or not, the guy was still a tool.
“What’s the deal at the Stagecoach Inn on Saturday night?” Ian asked.
“They’re having a local talent night. Our gig would just be a few songs—thirty minutes at the most. Will you please sing with me?”
“Now it’s playing and singing?”
She held out the brownies, offering him the entire plate, and smiled.
But it wasn’t the brownies that caused his resolve to waver, it was the beautiful blonde whose bright blue eyes and dimples turned him every which way but loose. He’d had all kinds of women throw themselves at him, and he’d never lost his head, never forgotten that there were some who weren’t interested in the real man inside. But there was something about Carly Rayburn that reached deep into the heart of him, something sweet, something vulnerable.
“Damn it, Carly. I’ll do it. But just this once.”
“Thanks, Ian. You won’t regret this.”
She was wrong. They were going to have to practice together every evening from now until Saturday. And he was already regretting it.
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