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Chapter 1

Asher

"Ad toward me Her blond hair bounces up and down as she trots over

“Adnore the pull inAnd not the fake shts up her whole face,her eyes squint even more I’ve been around for the past six months, and it’s a set off the horse and take hih in the sky with not a cloud in sight

“You should be better thanfor your whole life” I chuckle “I’ve been riding for sixto this town, all I kne to do was odd jobs here and there Usually bussing tables or working in the kitchen, nohat started out assure all the barns had everything they needed to run

“Don’t make excuses,” she says as she walks besideon to the reins of our horses as they walk leisurely beside us “You said you would smoke me and you didn’t” She repeats the words I stupidly said last hen she beat me “Just say it” She has to be the most competitive person that I know She can never lose and if she does she just comes back even harder

We walk into the barn side by side I place the horse in his stall while I watch Amelia make her way over with her horse to her stall I watch her for a second longer than I should before turning et water

“So are you going to say it?”

Looking over ainst the barn stall, dressed in her blue jeans, plaid shirt, and cowboy boots She arrived with her blond hair loose, but once she saddled her horse, she piled it on top of her head “What do you want me to say, Amelia?” I fold my arms over my chest Ever since I came into town, she’s always ready to spar with ame, unsure of how the other one feels

“Just say I’lare at her, she claps her hands together and lets out a howling laugh I want toshit out of her, but instead, I re idea that is

"I’d rather eat crow" I force h I shake my head as I er than any other place if I’ to repeat phrases like that

"Come on," she says softly "It’s tirouchy when you go two hours without eating"

"I do not" I glare at her Why do I let her get under my skin? It’s her turn to fold her arether and then half of the afternoon on the phone, so it’s no wonder she knows things about me

"When was the last tiht past her The sound of her chuckling makes my skin heat

She jogs to catch up to me "You usually have a snack at around ten" She keeps up withstrides

I stop "You watching me?" I tilt my head to the side "That is kind of stalkerish, don’t you think?" I tease, and I want to reach up and curl the strand of hair that has fallen out of her tied hair

She opens her ain "Don’t flatter yourself, Asher," she huffs out, turning to stomp away

As I watch her walk away, Reed and his best friend, Christopher, coood," Reed says, dressed in Levi’s and a plaid shirt with his worn cowboy boots He’s the only one ears a cowboy hat every Sunday Reed slapsas he walks past me to the food

Looking around, I’ this barbecue is Every Sunday, the same people come, yet there are always new faces I put my head down and walk over to the food table "Hey" I look up when I hear Ethan walking toward "

I shakeabout the things I have to do tonight"