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I close my eyes, wanting so badly to fight it, but I can’t.
“This is about more than just the two of us, Connor,” she says. “It’s about the Bearhawks. And Delta Xi. And… my family. I mean, my father won’t even look at me right now.”
I shift a step back, but I still cling to her. “You’re right,” I say, swallowing hard. “We should fix this first, and then?—”
She kisses me harder than I expect, stealing the breath from my lungs. “And then…” She bites her lips with a devious smile. “I think you still have a lot to teach me, Connor Morgan.”
I laugh as I push her hair back behind her ears, still clinging to her like a wild man. A man in love and lust and everything in-between. “I fucking love you, Dana Kirby,” I say before stealing another kiss from her.
And another.
One for the road.
Dana laughs. The sweetest sound in the world. “You should go,” she says. “Before they come back.”
“In a minute,” I say, unable to let go yet. How can I ever let go after waiting to hold her like this for so long? “We’re going to fix this. I promise.”
“I promise,” she repeats, as sure as I am.
I release her and reach around, snatching a few peanut butter cups from the open bag on her desk before turning toward the window.
“Use the door!” she says.
“Where’s the fun in that?” I ask as I hoist myself outside and into the tree again.
Dana comes to the window and watches until I’m a safe distance from the ground. Then she closes it with rolling eyes, not really mad at all.
Fuck, I love her so much.
We’re going to fix this, Dana.
I promise.
My feet touch the ground. I swiftly turn to head back to my car and — oof!
I bash into something hard. And tall. And… fuck.
In the dark, I slip off balance and hit the ground.
John Kirby stands over me, his thick arms crossed over his Champion’s Gym T-shirt.
“Inside,” he says. “Now.”
Well, shit.
CHAPTER 40
CONNOR
“Mr. Kirby, I?—”
“Inside,” he says again. “Now.”
Okay.
I push myself off the grass. Then he turns and stomps around the house. I follow behind him, spotting his truck in the driveway next to my car. Guess he came home and spotted me climbing out of his daughter’s window.
Well, I’m dead.
