Rivals In Love (Wild Creek Ranch Book 5)

Chapter Four

However, all of Ryan's resolutions to stay away from Georgia crumbled to dust when the next day, Georgia sat right beside him. His eyes popped out, and so did that of many others.

"Greg's friend's mom saw us in front of the cafe yesterday. Brian might ask you about it today. Please deny it, Ryan," she pleaded with scared eyes, grasping hold of his hand. Ryan nodded, as 1000 volts of electric current shot through him again at her touch. He nodded, catching hold of her hand in case she released him.

"Why does your brother interfere so much in your life, Georgia?" He felt bad for her. "Doesn't he have any other work?"

Georgia shrugged. She couldn't tell him what a terrible atmosphere they created at home. It was a wonder how her mom survived so long with them. They were intolerable.

"Both of them are the same. No wonder they can't reach the topmost position in business and then they bicker." Greg was six years older and as bad as Brian. She didn't get on well with them and usually stayed away, but it wasn't easy since they had made it their mission in life to escort her to and from college. She tried to protest many times, but her dad silenced her with the threat of stopping her studies completely.

The professor walked in and Georgia couldn't go back to her seat. Ryan released her hand, and they concentrated on their studies. After the class was over, Georgia went back to sit with her new friend, Macy, much to Ryan's disappointment. He had wanted her to sit with him throughout the day. Andrew and Carl slipped into the seats beside him and wiggled their eyebrows at him.

"Did she confess her feelings for you just now, dude?" asked a curious Carl.

"Don't deny it. We saw her holding onto your hand," said Andrew.

"Yeah, right and we saw the electric shocks that you received," chuckled Carl.

"Shut up, you two. Stop imagining things. She was just telling me about her brother. Their family is our business rival at Fordsville. Her brother doesn't want us to talk at all." He wouldn't tell these two exactly what Georgia told him.

"Oh, Romeo and Juliet?" said Carl with a grin. Ryan groaned and hit him with his book. He could see Georgia looking at them with a small smile on her face. Ryan's heart somersaulted with sheer joy. At least he could make her smile for once.

After his classes, Coach Harrison summoned Ryan, and he rushed towards the football field. Ryder and the rest of the boys were also there, but there was no sign of the coach.

"He called us and now he's missing? Is this a joke?" asked one of their teammates angrily.

Ryder sat down on the field. "Next year I'll just drop out of football," he said, pulling out grass with his fingers.

"Me too," said Ryan. The others, too, grumbled under their breaths. Ryan saw Georgia fighting with her brother near the campus gates.

"Isn't that Brian McLean, the criminal of Fordsville?" asked Ryder under his breath. Ryan nodded.

"Why is he looking at us? Hold on, I think he's running towards us," said Ryder. Ryan looked and panicked. Georgia's brother was indeed running towards him with Georgia following him, trying to stop him.

"What have you done, Ryan? Why is he so mad?" asked Ryder in horror. Ryan shrugged.

"He's insane, maybe," he said, knowing that there would be a scene now. Ryder got up and stood beside Ryan, ready to support his brother. Brian came to a halt right in front of Ryan.

"What the f*ck were you doing with my sister yesterday after college in front of a cafe?" he growled, pushing Ryan backward the moment he stood us. He was a giant compared to Ryan and ten years older, too. Ryan tried to keep his balance as he staggered backward at being continually shoved.