My eyes narrowed on him. “That would explain why seven shots of tequila and you appear.”“Was it seven?” He questioned. “From across the room, looked more like nine.”Was it nine? I had no idea. I’d lost count after five.“Have you been watching me?”He shrugged. “Thought maybe someone should keep you two from wandering upstairs with a bad sort.”“Aren’t you the bad sort, Military Brat?”“Oh, I’m the worst sort.”I rolled my eyes Heavenward.***To my horror, Kat reached up a limp hand and dragged it down the side of his face. “You’re sure perty…”He flashed her that heart-stopping grin. Before drawling. “Well, thank you.”“You should really,” She stumbled on her high heel, and he caught her elbow to straighten her.“Should really…Really…” Her gaze fell before she looked up again. “Make her forget about Tommy.”She scrunched her lips and shook her head like confiding he was no good to K.P.“I could certainly do that.” He peered over her to make eye contact with me. “In about three min
He dropped in on his side and closed the door. Twisting to rest against the driver’s side door to stare at me, waitingly. “What’s up, Cheers?”“Thank you for getting us home.” I blurted before I could overthink it.I should say thank you. It really was a kind gesture.“You’re welcome. But you could’ve said that to me tomorrow.” He said slowly.“I don’t want to talk to you in public.”“Oh...” He gave a burned whistle. “But you’ll talk to me alone and drunk in my dark car?”I hesitated, considering that. That does sound bad.“Well, it’s different if people see us.” I explained.Tommy won’t take it well.“Because Tommy might find out you’re not the pining ex-girlfriend he may secretly be hoping you are?”I frowned. Not liking that logic said that bluntly. “Something like that...”“So, why’d you come all the way out here then, Cheers?”Why did I?***“Because...” I stalled.He lifted a dark brow.“Ugh!” I groaned. Catching his hand and putting it on my knee. Giving him a long, pointed loo
I stepped outside and spotted K.P. leaning against his car. The passenger door already open, while he waited for me. Ankles crossed and on arm crossed over his belly while he twisted a toothpick between his lips.“Took ya long enough.” He rolled off the car to walk to the driver’s side.I climbed in and pulled the door closed. “Where are we going?”“You tell me.”“Go to the park on the far side of town.”“Whatever you say, Cheers.”We pulled up and I noticed that as usual it was abandoned.Everyone is at Jake’s party.I caught his hand and led him to a bypass at the far end of the park. I had him hoist me up and he warily climbed a few bricks to join me atop the retaining wall. Where he had to duck his head to walk beneath a few iron beams toward the center.“What is this place?”“I come here sometimes, to be alone.”“Interesting place.”When we got to the middle the wall dipped behind a pillar making a convenient hollow there that was invisible to people below.I caught his collar an
That was not the last time that I snuck off to get some time with the military brat.The next time was in his bed while his dad and brother were on an outting.We met up at another party.K.P. had been watching me most of the evening.I sipped on a glass of coke and waited until my friends had left before I crooked a finger at him. Creeping toward the front door.He was out of the chair where he’d been sitting watching a group of guys play cards, hot on my heels as I went out the front door and around the side of the house.He caught up to me. “More?”I gave him a sideways look beneath lowered lashes that answered his question.He looked ahead, satisfied. “More it is. Told you I could give you more in three minutes then Tommy has in however long you were with him.”“Off and on for two years.”“Cute.” He dismissed.“Harsh.”“Needless to say, I’m less than interested in the guy, a girl I’m diddling is chasing after.”“I’m not really chasing after him. Not anymore.”“No?”I shrugged. “Do
He’s going. I sat in the car staring at him as I processed that.My mouth went dry, and I felt tears springing into my eyes. I needed to change the subject. “Why weren’t you in the party?”“I got a feeling. I’ve got a knack for sensing when something is wrong. So, I waited across the street. When I saw the cop cars floating, I figured you’d end up in the middle of the mix. So, I waited for you.”He hadn’t stoop me up. He’d waited for me to come out to get me out of here. I was deeply touched by that.I doubted Tommy would’ve done such a thing.That night was more emotional than the others had been.I was more distant, and he kept casting me furtive looks.We’d gone to his house again.He’d kissed me silly and murmured those fateful words again as he laid me out on his bed. “For the next hour, Sweetheart, you’re mine.Then he’d fucked me stupid.But now, now things were different.He’s leaving.He’ll never say that to me again.He was sitting on the edge of the bed, pulling his shirt d
I barely heard him. “You never said goodbye!”“You went back to dating that jockstrap.”“I wasn’t going to if you were going to keep in touch.”“Sure, you weren’t.”Now I was offended. “Yes, I was!”“You weren’t that interested in me Angel, if you were that willing to date another guy just because I wasn’t going to stay in touch, anyway.”That stung.“Don’t you dare judge me! You bolted before I could talk to you about it!”“What was there to talk about. He asked you back out and you’d made it very clear I was just your fucktoy.”I sat up. Blonde hair swinging as I glowered at him. “How dare you!”“How dare I what?” He drawled. “Call you out?”My hand shot out to slap him.He caught it just to the side of his face. “You’re awful angry over something that happened almost a decade ago.”I flinched. “You could’ve said goodbye.”I pulled my hand out of his grip.He let go. “So could you have. You knew where I lived.”“And confront your dad after bailing out your window.”“Yes. He didn’t k
“You should’ve said goodbye.” Tears leapt into my eyes.“You’re probably right. But you weren’t the only one with a bit of self-doubt. You were a gorgeous cheerleader, and I was travelling military brat, as you enjoyed reminding me.”“You called me ‘Cheers!” I defended.He grudgingly tipped his head. “We had a three-month lust affair. I doubted I was going to linger in your mind.”“Then you thought it was confirmed, when I didn’t recognize you.” I sighed. Realizing how that must’ve looked to him all these years later.He shrugged in ascent. “It seemed like reminding your new boss how you used to hop on it, might be unwise. Especially if she’s chosen not to recall.”That wasn’t what it was.I was so wrapped up in dealing with Logan when he started I barely saw other men.If I looked directly at a man, Logan threw a fit. I sighed. Shoulders slumping. I had the urge to explain everything but didn’t know where to even begin.”F“I didn’t want to go back to Tommy.” I reluctantly confided. “
My back wanted to arch up again but he’d dropped his weight over me so I couldn’t. He palmed my breast. Scooping it from the bottom up to massage it before dropping his mouth over it and nipping my nipple a bit viciously.I squawked. Wiggling at the unbearable violence of my nerve endings being ruthlessly tormented. “Kane.”He was entirely ruthless. Seeming to know just how to drive me out of my mind with pleasure. He was such a sordid mix of tenderness and erotic dominance that I was entirely at a loss on how to hold back from him.He touched me everywhere, seeming to inspect every hollow and curve of my body like he was learning a road on a mountain terrain.Taking his time everywhere.“Come for me again. Angel. Come.” He stopped and ground his hips in a circle. “For me.” Another circle.“Again.” Circle.And I came like a wild banshee. Nearly throwing my shoulders out as he leaned up enough my back could teepee underneath him. Rubbing my hardened nipples against his chest as my body