Bad Girls Don't Marry Marines by Codi Gary

Author:Codi Gary [Gary, Codi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Women, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction
ISBN: 9780062331748
Amazon: B00FJ3CPCO
Barnesnoble: B00FJ3CPCO
Goodreads: 18655897
Publisher: Avon Impulse
Published: 2014-05-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

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JUSTIN HAD MOVED on with the group to the next building, which turned out to be the old jailhouse, or, as Ned had called it, the Trust Stop. They had done trust falls already, and an exercise called minefield, where they’d led their blindfolded partners around objects on the floor by giving them vocal commands. Val had missed all of it, though, and now he was stuck playing a true-or-false game with a former beauty queen turned hairdresser with a twang.

When Val finally walked in, flushed from the cold, Justin couldn’t take his eyes off her. She wasn’t smiling, though, and he almost started toward her to see if she was okay.

“Justin.”

He turned his attention back to the hairdresser from East Texas, who was pouting at him. Most of the women had been nice and normal, but there were a couple who grated on him.

And right now, the former Miss Texas was one of them.

“You aren’t paying attention, honey. I just called bullshit,” she said, her tone the type of high-pitched whine a toddler might use.

“You’re right. I’ve never been to Texas.”

“Well, let me tell you, you are missing out. We’ve got the best—”

“All right, folks. Let’s switch partners,” Ned called from the front of the room.

Texas gave him an uninvited hug, complete with a little wiggle as she pulled away. “I’ll be seeing you.”

God, I hope not. He watched Val make her way over to him, but her dark look was following the brassy redhead who had just tried to give him a thrill.

“She seems friendly,” Val said, stopping in front of him with one arched eyebrow.

“Too friendly. I prefer girls who want absolutely nothing to do with me,” he said.

Val laughed softly. “Weirdo.”

“Okay, folks, let’s start this round off with a little Q and A. If you have the feeling your partner’s telling a falsie, call them on it. Good luck,” Ned said, walking around the room with his tablet and a smirk.

“Why don’t you go first?” Justin shifted, waiting.

Val hesitated before asking, “Have you ever committed a crime?”

Justin laughed. “That’s the first thing that came to your mind?”

“Are you avoiding the question?” she asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

“Not at all. Despite the occasional trespassing as a teenager and helping Carl Andrew’s hot-wire his daddy’s truck for a joyride when we were fifteen, no.”

“All right. Your turn.” She waved her hand in front of her.

A thousand questions went through his mind. Friendly, lighthearted questions. But that wasn’t what came out of his mouth when Ned said he could ask anything. Would it be better to ask her when they were alone? Probably. But it was a lot harder for her to walk away and avoid his questions in front of all these people, and with all the mixed signals she’d been sending, he had to know.

“What are you really doing here?”

She seemed startled by the question. “I told you, I’m doing a favor for my dad.”

“Yeah, but why? If you really aren’t interested

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