Page 14 of The Bad Boy Prince in Love

“I got a pretty good deal.Jake lowered the price, just for me,” Hallie said, rubbing it in.

“Me, me, me,” Terry mocked, “that’s all you can think about.”

“That’s so not true,” Hallie said, “I think about the ranch.Unlike you.Have you even done any work today?”

“Yeah, Bill and I did some work in the fields,” Terry said vaguely, “And now we’ll go into town for lunch.See ya.”

“Couple of losers,” Hallie muttered under her breath as they departed.“Come on, I’ll give you a tour of the house as well.”

“Maybe later,” Luke said, “I’ll stay here and help Diego and Johnny with their work.”He was already formulating his secret plan to turn the tables on this manipulative wench.

“That’s really nice of you,” Hallie said.“I’ll go tell mama.She’ll be thrilled.”

Luke was furious, and he was going to ruin her little plan of playing house with her parents and her fake boyfriend.

He chatted with Johnny and Diego, who were still working in the stables.They seemed to enjoy the distraction.

“Hey, guys,” Luke said, putting on a nonchalant attitude, “Do you know any places to have fun around here?”

“There’s a bar,” Diego said, “It’s called the Lonesome Cactus.”

“Bars are boring,” Luke stated, “What about a hot and happening night club?”

“Uh...there’s nothing like that around here,” said Johnny, “You’d have to go to Austin.”

“There’s mini golf,” Diego offered sheepishly.

“Mini golf?I take it that’s a smaller version of golf?”Luke asked.

The ranch hands stared at him in disbelief.“Yeah.”

“Let’s do it!”Luke declared.

“What, now?”Johnny asked in confusion.

“Yeah, now.We aren’t getting any younger.”

“But we still have a lot of work to finish.Mucking out stalls, fixing the pasture fence, fertilizing the fields.”

“Hallie said you should take the day off,” Luke lied.“She wanted you to know how much she appreciates you both.”

“Okay, then what are we waiting for?”Johnny exclaimed, “Let’s go!”