Cocky Player by Stacey Lynn

Author:Stacey Lynn [Lynn, Stacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

Brenna

* * *

He noticed. Of course Connor noticed. He seemed to know and understand things about me even I was yet aware of. Somehow, I was special enough to him to make him want to open up and share his past with me.

Like him, I’d talked to so few people about mine. I’d been required to tell my therapist, and Gina became a necessity once my nightmares woke her up.

To share this with a man who hadn’t promised more than teaching me how to have sex with other men?

I’d given Connor more than I’d ever given anyone, but I didn’t want him knowing. Not because I didn’t trust him, or because I couldn’t talk about it. I didn’t want Connor to know because he’d look at me differently. He’d treat me differently. I could feel it. I’d had over a decade of experience with it from my entire family. By Connor’s own admission he wasn’t good with people so how could I know he’d handle my past with the understanding I craved?

I took my hand off Connor’s arm and stepped back, running that same hand along the back of my neck. “I’m not sure what you mean?”

Dark, midnight navy eyes narrowed on me and his nostrils flared. “Yeah, you do. What are you hiding, angel?”

A roaring sound rushed through my ears, making him sound like he was talking from a tunnel. “Nothing.”

“I don’t think that’s true. You said before that someone hurt you, maybe not in the way I was thinking, but I do think someone hurt you.”

I struggled to regain my footing. The floor beneath my feet felt like it’d gone sideways, throwing me off course. So maybe I had come here because I was nervous about Powell seeing us together, the things my dad said about Connor afterward when he caught the deep concern in Connor’s voice.

But mostly, I just missed him. I wanted to be with him. But this?

He was asking too much. “I’m not ready,” I finally said. It was all I could give him. The small dose of honesty.

If he couldn’t accept it, I had no idea what I’d do. I already had a feeling based on Gina’s constant rambling about sex and one-night stands and how they could be good or a major flop, I would end up losing my virginity to someone who didn’t know what they were doing.

We’d gone far past this being just about getting rid of my virginity. Even I knew that, at least for me. But the road ahead was murky and without a clear path, it wasn’t really his business.

“I like you, Brenna,” he said, stunning the crap out of me so much I took a step back, braced my hand on the counter for balance.

“What?”

“You heard me.” His smile turned down, not quite a frown. Definitely not a smile. “And in all honesty, I don’t remember the last time I’ve thought about a woman as much as I think about you.”

He was saying all the right words. All the things I needed and wanted so desperately to hear, but I wasn’t prepared for them.

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