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“Nate, I’m not
defending Leo. I think the way he treats us is shitty. I’m just saying, I don’t
think he actually realizes it sometimes. He looked genuinely surprised and hurt
today when I said he didn’t know me anymore.”
“You said that to
him?” Nate sounded both surprised and pleased.
“Yep.” The errant
strand of hair fell into my face again, but before I could blow it out of the
way, Nate reached over and gently tucked it behind my ear. He trailed one
finger over my jaw, just barely skimming the skin. I froze, painfully aware of
how close he was sitting to me and the brush of his breath on my neck.
It was getting
more and more difficult to ignore the hints Nate dropped about his feelings
toward me. More than once, he’d acted as though we were already a couple. Even
this afternoon, when he’d stopped at the newspaper office, there had been an
air of possessiveness that transcended our reality—that we were best friends,
and nothing else. But until Nate actually made a move, I couldn’t very well
tell him I didn’t feel the same way about him. And I didn’t want to hurt
him—the very thought of that made my stomach clench and roll.
So I fell back
onto my old stand-by: ignore and deflect. With a half-laugh that sounded forced
even to my own ears, I ran both hands over the top of my head, pulling back my
hair and holding it in ponytail form.
“God, I swear,
this hair drives me nuts. I should just cut it all off.”
“No way.” Nate
shifted back, and if there was disappointment on his face, I chose to ignore
it. “Your hair is so pretty.”
“Oh, you’re sweet,
Nate.” I rolled a hair band off my wrist and secured it over my hair. “Don’t
worry. I don’t think I could ever get rid of it. I just like to complain about
how much it bugs me.” I tightened the band and then scooted over just a little,
so I could swivel and bend up my knee as I faced Nate.
“Listen, I know
Leo’s said and done some things that hurt you. And me, too. I’m not sticking up
for him, but I’m not willing to make him our enemy either. We have too much
history, the three of us. When I look at him, I try to see that boy instead of
the football star. You know?”
Nate shrugged, but
his eyes never left my face. “It always was easier for you to forgive Leo.
You’ve always been willing to think the best of him.”
“I’d do the same
for you.” I covered his hand where it rested on the warm brick of the porch.
“I’d never put you
in a position where you’d have to do that.” Nate pushed himself to his feet,
teetering just slightly. He grabbed his backpack and slung it over his
shoulder. “I gotta go. See you tomorrow, Quinn.”
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Tawdra Kandle writes romance, in just about all its forms. She loves unlikely pairings, strong women, sexy guys, hot love scenes and just enough conflict to make it interesting. Her books include YA paranormal romance, NA paranormal and contemporary romance, and adult contemporary and paramystery romance. She lives in central Florida with a husband, kids, sweet pup and too many cats. And yeah, she rocks purple hair.
