Wanted by Kelly Elliott Read Free Book Online

back in a very loving ly sisterly way .
    “ Ahhh , Gunner how very sweet of you. Now I feel like I have TWO big brothers lo ok ing out for me. You are such a good friend .” His smiled fad ed quicker than a Texas sunset.
    HAH! Take that you bastard. I’m sure that just threw a bout a gallon of cold water on his libido. Huh…made me feel pretty damn good too! I h ad to smile at my small victory and do a little mind fist pumping.
    Jefferson had opened my door waiting for me to get out of the truck. He lo ok ed between Gunner an d me and frowned slightly as he helped me out of the truck.
    Ari came up behind me and whispered in my ear, “I am SO lo ok ing forward to that C oach purse.” I quickly turned to lo ok at her and gave her the most angry lo ok I could manage .
    “NEVER, going to happen ’ Arianna ….EVER!” I hissed through my teeth at her. Ari just threw her head back, laughed and handed Jefferson my overnight bag I kept in her jeep .
    “Whatever you say sweets!”
    “When you two are done talking in riddles can we get going? Gunner has some place he needs to be.” Jefferson said as he walked over to his truck and threw my bag in the backseat. Gunner gave Jefferson a strange lo ok.
    “Have fun Ell s !!! I will give you a ca ll later tonight to see how your night went!” Ari said with a laugh as she got into her Jeep ready to head off to work. She had the top off of her jeep and she was throwing her hair in a pony tail. She truly was beautiful. Hard to believe she did not have a boyfriend. I lo ok ed over at Jefferson who was staring at her before he seeme d to get his wits about him and started to walk over to the driver’s side of his truck. Ari honked her horn and all I saw was her pink spare tire cover as she drove off.
    I stood there and watched my bitch of a best friend drive off and leave me to fend for myself. Pesh , I will remember this. I turned and headed to climb into the back seat and Gunner to ok my arm. My breat h instantly caught and if I didn’t know better I would have th ought he had the same reaction.
    “Why don’t you sit up front with your brother Ellie . I’ ll sit back here.”
    Boy did he stress brother! Ooops wonder if I made him mad. The thought of making him m ad or upset seemed to unsettle me. My stomach started to feel sick. What the fuck? May be it was just my hand hurting.
    “Oh, okay , um thanks . I mean, I’m sorry if I kept you from something you had to do this afternoon. Thank you for all your help by the way . I really do appreciate it.” Good L ord I somehow managed to get that all out without sounding like an idiot.
    “It was no problem at al l Ellie . Besides the fact you have a hurt hand, I’ ve rather enjoyed my afternoon . A lot .” Gunner said with the sweetest smile. Okay , this guy really knew how to confuse me already.
    I lo ok ed down to where he still had his hand on my arm. He quickly dropped his hand and opened the truck door for me. I turned to smile at him right as he was shutting my door. Once Gunner was in , Jefferson fired up his truck and started to head to their place. He reached over and messed around lo ok ing for a song before “Truck Yeah” started up again.
    “NOOO!” Gunner and I shouted at the same time. Jefferson just threw his head back and laughed. He lo ok ed over at me and gave me a wink and pulled out onto the main road.
    I am so going to delete that song from his iPod the first chance I get!
    My heart was pounding and I felt like I was fighting for every breath. What was wrong with me? I had been to Jefferson’s place plenty of times. It was a cute house and I loved going there. The house was a two bedroom house with a huge backyard in Hyde Park . It was a white house with blue trim. The front porch had a porch swing on it and I always thought how nice it would be to just sit on that swing and read a bo ok . I’ m sure Gunner’s grandfather paid a small fortune for it but Jefferson said it was a good investment