Getting His Way: Sapphire Falls Book Seven Read Online Free PDF

had been happy to pitch in on the campaign, and since then, they’d had more of a friendship than before.
    It maybe also helped that Tess didn’t work for her anymore. Now they worked together . A lot of Hailey’s projects, like her most recent campaign to expand the size of the annual town festival in Sapphire Falls and bring people in from a wider radius, needed extra hands and heads. Tess was the one Hailey always asked first. Yes, because Tess and Hailey both worked for the town, specifically the mayor’s office, which was ultimately in charge of the things Hailey was doing and developing. But also because they made a good team. Hailey was the visionary with the big ideas and enthusiasm and gumption to get things done. Tess was the detail girl who made sure all the I’s were dotted.
    “If it helps,” Hailey said. “I think Bryan really does like you. I agree he shouldn’t be telling other guys they can’t ask you out, but I think it’s because he has feelings for you.”
    “Actually, that doesn’t help at all. That’s the entire problem,” Tess said with a sigh.
    “It is?” Hailey turned toward her.
    “He does have feelings for me,” Tess said. “At least that’s what he said in his office just now.”
    Hailey’s eyes went wide in the parking lot light. “He did? That’s great.”
    Tess shook her head. “No. It’s not.”
    “But…” Hailey frowned slightly. “I thought you…haven’t you been in love with him like all your life?”
    “Yeah. Up until a couple of years ago.”
    “Yeah, you were even his secret admirer that one year—”
    Tess groaned. “ Everyone knew?”
    “Yes.”
    Tess groaned louder.
    “But,” Hailey said, “it was sweet. I think he really liked it.”
    “I know he did. I’m part of the reason Bryan has such a huge ego,” Tess said.
    Hailey laughed. “That’s true. But that’s not a bad thing. That ego helped him through some tough stuff over the past couple of years.”
    Tess liked that idea. Maybe her sad crush hadn’t been all bad then. And Hailey knew Bryan. Hailey was now married to Ty Bennett. Bryan’s best friend. They’d only been married for a little over a year, but Ty and Hailey had carried on a secret affair for years before anyone had even known they were dating. Except for Bryan. Hailey would go out to Denver to visit Ty without anyone in Sapphire Falls knowing, but Bryan had lived in Denver with Ty. He’d known all about it. No doubt Hailey knew Bryan pretty well.
    “He kissed me.”
    Hailey came around to face her fully. “In seventh grade? Really?”
    “Tonight. In his office.”
    “Oh.” Hailey’s face relaxed into a smile. “That’s awesome.”
    “No. It was…just okay.”
    Hailey just blinked at that. Then she asked, “ Where did he kiss you?”
    It was Tessa’s turn to just blink. And catalog all of the places she wished Bryan would kiss her. Because some of those would have saved the kiss in his office from being sweet and friendly.
    “Like on the cheek or the forehead?” Hailey prompted.
    Oh. Right. Cheek or forehead. Sure. “Um, no. Lips.”
    “He kissed you on the lips. And it was bad?”
    Tess sighed. “Well, not bad . There just wasn’t…”
    “Wasn’t what?”
    “Heat.”
    Hailey frowned. “Really?”
    “Really. It was very nice. Sweet.” She stopped and thought about it. “Yeah, nice. It was nice.”
    “And you wanted heat?”
    “Definitely.” Tess decided to let it all out. “That was the kiss I would have wanted back in high school when I was romantic and innocent. But now…”
    “The books,” Hailey said.
    Tessa couldn’t deny that the hot romances she read were a part of her new fantasies. “And I’ve had nice, romantic kisses. That’s not what I expected from Bryan.”
    Hailey actually nodded. “I have to say, that surprises me too.”
    “It does?”
    “Well, I’ve been…around,” Hailey said.
    Right. She’d been around in Denver. At the house where Bryan lived. Which meant that