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What a fool. She’d actually felt as if they had something going. How could she have read him so wrong? It was probably how he seduced so many women and dated so often. It was easy to fall for him, but what she didn’t understand was how blunt he’d been. Was it that women were so blinded by the fact he was rich and attractive they’d allow for disrespect?
More than anything, it was what bothered her the most. He’d insulted her without batting an eye. Expected she’d go to bed with him over a contract. It was clear he’d not sell his family lands. He’d taken her for not only being greedy enough to try, but for a bimbo in believing there was a possibility to change his mind.
Elle trudged to her kitchen and poured a glass of the leftover ginger ale. Hopefully, after a good night’s rest, she would move forward to forgetting the evening ever happened. She would do everything in her power to avoid the man from that day on.
“What an idiot!” her aunt Janet, exclaimed between sips of coffee. “If I ever see him, I’ll cut him.”
Elle couldn’t help but chuckle. “You will, huh?”
“Heck yeah, he insulted my favorite niece. I should call him and tell him what to do with his land.”
Needing company, Elle had walked next door to her aunt’s house the next day. There was always something going on there and she’d made a habit of stopping by on weekend mornings. “I should check with Gary and make sure he doesn’t call the man again.”
She’d left her cell phone at her house, so she let out a sigh and drank from her cup. “I need retail therapy. A day of shopping always makes me feel a hundred percent better.”
“Good idea,” her aunt said. “I’d go with you, but your mother’s coming over. We’re planning our road trip to six romance reader conventions.”
“No matter, I’ll call the cousins. One of them will want to get away and go with me.”
Later that day Elle sat in her living room with a wide grin, surrounded by shopping bags.
Her cell phone dinged and she ignored it.
Other than a quick chat with her mother, she’d ignored her calls and texts. If there was one from Sullivan Cole, it would ruin her day and she refused to let him ruin another one.
On Monday, she would deal with the situation and contact Redstone about the land in Missoula. She and Gary would go and look at the property and then move forward.
Sullivan Cole was not going to be a factor in her life moving forward and that was final.
