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The words just don’t coreement
Colton flashes me a warm smile “Great Just knock on the door when you’re ready,” he says, taking the flyers and lance over my shoulder to where he stands “Can’t wait”
I openco, just like it did in high school when the star basketball player stopped by , bu idiot then too, barely able to form sentences
Cooper Miller didn’t have anything on the ht now
“Bye,” Iit for the front door
My heart hammers in my chest, and my palms are a little sweaty as I reach my car and lock nition and crank up the heat
That ht, let alone speak All I can think about are his shoulders and his chest and his stubbly jaw Not to
No, Hollis You will not think about kissing him!
Oh, but I do I think about the lingering graze of his lips to mine and the caress of his hands on my neck I picture the burn of that stubble and the taste of his tongue I envision the way he deepens the kiss, taking
My body huh my veins I can’t even closeover mine, those lips so close to mine I can practically taste his skin
But it’s just a daydream, Hollis A fantasy It’s not real
Tell that to ot hoht, I left early to spend a little ti to All Fit I’ht’s class for a h I’ to the table for All Fit I’m not just Chase’s older brother, who didn’t knohat to do with his life after the Arh that’s true
When I found out about Milo, I knew reenlisting wasn’t an option and that s would hold us over for a while, but I needed to find a way to support ested All Fit, I first thought of it as a handout One I illing to take in order to get out of the needs’ hair and intoday, it feelsto a nine-to-five job, dressing up every day is not reens in the desert No, I need a job that allowsback on American soil
Teaching self-defense classes is perfect I get to use the training from the Army to help others protect themselves if the need ever arises I served ive me the ability to servepaid to do it I couldn’t iine a better outcome
And then there’s Hollis My running into her today and inviting her to class was ioes However, as a man, a man who’s extremely attracted to her, it’s perfect Soabout her If I’ve looked at the clock once, I’ve looked at it a thousand times Milo has had his dinner and his bath, and noe’re playing Well, he’s playing He’s lying on the floor under the activityIt has a lot of toys that hang down and a little mirror so he can see his just swinging away
A knock on the door tells me it’s almost time That has to be my parents here to watch Milo “Come on, buddy That’s Grand to answer the door Sure enough, it’s my parents “Hey, come on in”
“Colt, this place looks great It’s really co the house while Dad takes Milo from my arms
“Thanks I think so too,” I admit
“We were thinking the roads are supposed to get bad with this snow rolling in How about we keep this little guy at our place for the night?” Dad offers