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"What?" she challenged "It’s like a typical playground love affair Instead of you two pulling each other’s hair and pushing each other down, you get on each other’s nerves on purpose"

"I’d like to think I’m a bit led "Okay Maybe not"

"Yeah," she dragged the word out "You guys have hooked up before, right?"

Shooting her a look, I shook my head "Um, no"

A look of doubt crossed her face "You’ve hed underthat kiss "Why do you think that? He and I have never done anything I would’ve told you"

The disbelief didn’t fade from her face, and I wondered why in the world she’d still think that after all this tied in a deep breath and smiled I realized there wasn’t a hint of fu to the city, a kind of sot used to until you were out in a place like this Clean air Lord, I’d forgotten how nice that was to breathe

"Let’s go help thelasses down and then ledover his shoulder, and it boggledI could easily double as a purse In his other hand wasfree from Syd, I went to his side "You don’t have to carry that" I reached forme, I could clearly see lasses he’d slipped on Daood in them Air Force pilot hot

"I can carry it," I insisted while Kyler headed around the SUV Syd was behind hirinned as he stepped back, holding the stuffed piece of luggage out of s I’ll carry this" He pivoted around

We’d stopped at the grocery store in town and there was a load of groceries in the back, enough to feed an ar hi? Because I know going a whole week must be hard for you and all"

Tanner stopped and then turned back to lasses "Now, co when it comes to this"

My eyes narrowed as I walked to where he stood "What is that supposed to mean?"

He lowered his head so that ere almost eye level His lips tipped up at the corners and he spoke in a voice only I could hear "If I wanted you, I’d have you"