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Where did you go to college?”
I asked instead, the comment about his brothers making me think of it.
I didn’t. Enlisted right after high school.
Oh, shit.
Sorry about that.
Nothing to be sorry for. How ‘bout you?
Penn State
Ahh, nice. Hey, gotta jump. TTYL.
And just like that, he was gone. I stared at my phone for a few more seconds and put it down. So, he was two years younger than me, came from a family of four but felt a little bit like the outsider. Which maybe had something to do with why he was so guarded. Or maybe not. Truth was, he didn’t seem all that guarded, but we hadn’t exactly been talking about really deep topics.
Not like Erik and I used to do. He loved to talk philosophically. We’d drink wine and ruminate on life. Nate didn’t even drink wine. And here I was comparing the two already, like an idiot.
I picked up my phone and texted Charlie, unable to stand it anymore. The girls would find out anyway.
Hey! Question… does Lucas have a picture of Nate by chance?
Charlee took all of ten seconds to respond. I loved how good of a texter she was.
A picture, huh? And what d’ya plan to do with said picture?
There was zero chance I was going to get away scot-free on this one.
Yeah, a picture. And I’m not answering that.
LOL. Give me a sec.
Over the next ten minutes, I tried to work. But the words on my computer screen were blurry, and no matter how many times I reread them, they didn’t make sense. I gave up and paced around my desk. At least I’d get a few steps in.
When my phone buzzed, I quite literally ran to it.
Picked it up.
And stared back at a sexy, smiling, camo-and-sunglass-wearing man. He was sitting with Lucas and another guy on the back of a pickup truck. All three of them held guns, which, oddly, made them all even sexier. Since the other guy was definitely older, I assumed Nate was on the left. Dark hair, a defined jaw, and best of all, that smile.
I suddenly wanted him to smile at me like that.
Cute, right?
He’s okay
It was a total lie, and Charlie one-hundred percent knew it.
Sure, sure. Whatever you say. ;)
No woman in her right mind would call him anything but hot. KC’s would be interesting tonight now that the gig was up.
Operation Distraction was working, but not exactly as planned. Because if anyone told me the one thing that might actually distract me, besides the impending trip to New Orleans, would be a twenty-seven-year-old army sniper currently stationed halfway across the world, I’d have said they were nuts.
But that was the thing about life sometimes. It didn’t always go according to plan, but some of the best things were also the most unexpected. I’d just go with the flow and let whatever happened, happen.
Or at least, try. I’d never been so good at that.
