Wild Heart (Wildhorse Ranch Brothers Book 2) by Leslie North

Author:Leslie North [North, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-02T16:00:00+00:00

6

CHARLIE

The hospital fundraiser was upon them. The Sports Medicine department’s cafeteria had been transformed seemingly overnight: turquoise and navy ribbons festooned the rafters, reflecting the Teamsters’ colors, and a revolving disco ball twinkled in every corner. The perimeter of the room was choked with well-dressed people: parents, doctors, donors, and coveted high rollers. They were all chatting animatedly, apparently enjoying themselves.

Two weeks hadn’t seemed like enough time to pull off such a function, but Dylan and the rest of the hospital had assembled the team to make it happen. Charlie would have taken longer to absorb it all if his hand wasn’t so busy flying through the motions of his signature.

“Not bad,” Smitty said around a toothpick loaded down with cheese cubes. “For a small town, I mean. The lights look great. Just wish they would have taken my suggestion and gotten a real DJ from Austin.”

Charlie ignored him and bent to his task, signing autograph after autograph in his looping, hasty scrawl. He’d almost forgotten about Smitty until he prodded him in the ribs.

“Smitty, I swear to God…” He clenched his aching hand around the Sharpie almost hard enough to burst it. “If you put one more pile of photos in front of me I’m going to need rehab for my…”

“I think you’re gonna want to see this, big guy.”

Charlie glanced up in annoyance, but what he saw nearly knocked the wind out of him. Dylan, tall and leggy in the first pair of heels he’d ever seen her wearing, looked as sinfully delicious as any model—no, scratch that. She shone like a goddess descended from the heavens. The crimson dress he had ordered from Austin clung to her curves, showing everyone just what it was Dr. Rose had been keeping under wraps. Her dark hair was pinned up in an elegant twist, and her naturally lovely face was expertly made up. The overhead lights glittered on the sequins scattered across her chest, and the DJ—perhaps inspired by the appearance of a new muse—started playing “When the Stars Go Blue.”

She was the most breathtaking creature Charlie had ever seen.

She paused just past the entrance to the room and surveyed the scene casually, either unaware of the eyes on her or choosing to ignore them. Cinderella couldn’t have made a bigger splash arriving at the ball. When she turned her head toward him, her earrings shimmering against the elegant curve of her neck; it was like a physical punch to his gut. There was no mistaking the change that came over her expression—first recognition, then unguarded joy, and then her mask was back to that professional chill. Dylan left her purse at the coat check and strolled toward him, her smile polite, but several degrees from friendly.

Charlie rose to the challenge, ditching Smitty by the autograph table to meet her halfway.

“Dylan.” His eyes swept over her again. “You look…” He shrugged helplessly, at a loss for words. Dylan’s lush, cherry-red lips curled into a smile. She knew how good she looked, and damn if that confidence wasn’t sexy.

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