Free Texas CHAOS (Texas Heroes Book 2) by Sable Hunter

if it was some prize possession I could present to Logan like a gift. But it was a gift he didn’t want. Maybe that’s what I need to do, get laid so I can become an experienced worldly woman.”
    “Don’t say that, you are not sleeping with a guy just to get your first time out of the way.” Dixie sat down on the bed beside her. “So, get that stupid idea out of your pretty little head.”
    “I don’t know what to do.” Jenna stood and went in to the bathroom to brush her teeth.
    Dixie followed her, sitting on the closed toilet seat. “Simple. You need to start dating.”
    “But who?” She let her mind run back over the mental list of guys who’d asked her out in the last year. The number wasn’t that high. Once she’d turned down five or six, word got around and the invitations had stopped coming. Everyone knew she considered herself ‘taken’. How wrong she was. “And I’m not sure I even want to. I love him, Dixie.”
    “I know you do.” She’d seen how Jenna looked at Logan. She’d also seen how Logan looked at Jenna when he thought no one was aware. “Hmmmm,” she murmured to herself. Maybe all he needed was a push.
    Applying a little make-up, Jenna tried to make the dark circles under her eyes disappear. When she was through, she made a face at herself. “I need an idea.”
    And then they heard it.
    The deejay on the radio was announcing a special night at Luckenbach. “Listen up, ladies. Have we got a proposition for you! Ladies night. Half-price drinks and a bachelorette auction. Want to find yourself a perfect date? Well put your red dress on, wear your hi-heel sneakers or your cowboy boots and come out to raise money for charity. Don’t be shy. The first fifteen women who show up at the saloon and meet our – uh – criteria, will be signed up for an evening you’ll never forget!”
    “That’s it, Jenna. Let’s do it!” She got a wild look in her eye that scared Jenna a little bit. “Go out and have a good time, kick up our heels and shake our booty.” Dixie got up and did a little dance number in the middle of the bathroom.
    Jenna laughed a bit, knowing her friend was doing her best to cheer her up. “What kind of criteria do you think he means?”
    Dixie waved her hand. “I don’t know, cup size maybe,” she laughed. “Whatever it is, I’m sure we qualify.” Her mind was spinning. This was just what the situation called for. “We need to get down there and sign up.” After they were selected, she’d start spreading the word – right where one particular Fire Chief would find out that his little charge was spreading her wings to learn how to fly.
    “Well, if you say so.” Maybe if she dressed up, had her hair done and practiced some dance moves she would feel better. “What about our age? We’re not even old enough to drink. Won’t they card us?”
    “Not a problem.” Dixie walked to the dresser and opened a jewelry box. “I have my handy-dandy fake ID and I can get you one in no time. I know just the guy.”
    Putting on a brave front, she smiled. “All right. I trust you. Let’s do it.”
     
    * * *
    “I don’t understand. What happened?” Louisa stood at the door to Jenna’s room. As requested, Louisa had packed up her things. “I knew she’d go off to school, but this doesn’t seem the same.”
    “She’ll come around.” Logan promised, not certain he could deliver. “We just had a little misunderstanding.”
    “Is she in love with you?”
    Louisa’s bold question as she taped up a box took Logan by complete surprise. “She thinks she is,” he answered lowly.
    “Are you in love with her?”
    Logan choked on the lie. “No, of course not. I love her, like you do. Anything more would be wrong.” He stacked the boxes by the door.
    When his mother didn’t reply, Logan glanced over his shoulder to meet her gaze. She was watching him steadily. “Don’t let what you fear others might say about you and Jenna ruin your life. She’s levelheaded,