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“Hey” He sent her a half grin, hoping to dispel the heaviness he’d created in the car It was suddenly iative iround, ain’t I? Living and breathing That’s more than a lot of soldiers can say” Beck took one last look at her pretty face, et one last peek at the glowing green eyes hidden behind her sunglasses Her stubborn chin It felt wrong to leave her, but what choice did he have? She wouldn’t very ant to date the pathetic, betrayed virgin he’d revealed himself to be Even if she did, he only had four days at Black Rock before flying back to Georgia “Goodbye, Kenna” He scratched the back of his neck “Ithe way to earn a ride froirl, huh? You take care now”
A luh the door and climbed out of the car
CHAPTER TWO
What the ever-loving fuck just happened?
Kenna stared out the windshield of her car, watching Beck cli? A day? A otten around to the particulars of his stay There’d been no real small talk, had there? No, he’d bared it all in the span of ten nificent virgin in the passenger’s seat Because as she watched hirace and innate confidence, she could freely adnificent The set of his shoulders, the sturdiness of him said this was a man who moved mountains if he put his mind to it
No, there was no if about it He had Or at least he’dmountain-like inside her in a mere ten minutes What was she supposed to do with these sucky, yucky feelings? Just watch hiet aith it? People—men, especially—usually took one look at her stor innuendoes at her head like mud-covered softballs She never cared because those dudes all blurred together in a rippling sea of douchebags This guy wouldn’t blend He’d confided in her, and she was heavy with that responsibility She…liked being heavy with that responsibility, which made no damn sense
At the top step, Beck turned his head, catching her gaze through the windshield She would go to her grave thankful that no one was in the car to hear the noise that left her ed to keep the entreaty froht have driven off and endeavored to forget about Major Beck Collier, virgin extraordinaire But it was there, even if he didn’t realize it He needed someone Someone kind and compassionate That someone definitely wasn’t her, but he sure as shit needed someone, and there was no one else around
She watched hi and open the door He ducked beneath the doorfraers were digging into the steering wheel until they started to hurt A sense of urgency danced in her ribcage, fluttering rapidly, slowly cli into her throat
“Goddah her dark,open the driver’s side door and stepping out
Theup the s This parking lot was usually buzzing by now, but the Sunday silence a the asphalt, echoing the nervous knocking inside her ribcage On the second floor, she could see Beck had left the door slightly ajar, almost as if he’d hoped she’d follow Please let that be the case Otherwise this ned on to be his transport, not his kick-it buddy
Decision is already made, Kenna Too bad she didn’t have a clue what she would do once they were in the aparty But she knew driving aould feel awful if she didn’t do so, so she followed in his footsteps up the stairs, like one of those cartoon characters floating along on the aroma of fresh-baked apple pie Or peach pie, as it were
“Hardy har,” Kennaoutside the door Since when did she hesitate to do anything? To celebrate her eighteenth birthday, she’d gone streaking at the annual Ara Kenna was here…with beer on the side As a welder, she worked with fire, for fuck sake Being nervous around a virgin was flat-out unacceptable Even if he was Bigfoot-sized After a full-body shake to loosen her nerves, she pushed the door open When she saw Beck, her chest squeezed so tight, she swore it ringing itself dry