Cut by Bry Ann

Author:Bry Ann [Ann, Bry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bry Ann
Published: 2018-08-21T16:00:00+00:00

“Well, this is nice. He didn’t spare any expense on the hotel, did he?”

“He’s got the money,” I say, blowing her off as we head to our rooms on the third floor. He got us connecting rooms, but honestly, I’m just glad he didn’t get us one room for some asinine reason. I would have had to storm downstairs and demand my own room.

“What’s your plan?” I ask as I walk into Maria’s room and place her bag on the bed.

“Well, why waste time? I need to see my dad.” Okay, if that’s the plan what does she want from me? Am I waiting here? Going with? I don’t freaking know with this woman. “Wanna come?”

“What?” My face blanks.

She shrugs. “My dad would like you, and, well...” I see her hands twitch. She’s trying not to fidget. Respect washes over me in a way that it hasn’t since I met Lacey. “Maybe he’ll remember better with you around. You’re a new person, you’re intriguing, and I’ve sure never brought a guy around my dad. All that’s bound to give me a few extra minutes, right?”

Her words come out high-pitched and friendly, but I notice how she’s unpacking her bag rather than facing me now.

“Whatever you want, Maria.”

She looks over her shoulder, the relief she feels written plain as day on her face.

“Well, thank God. Let me change real quick.”

She doesn’t need to tell me twice. I spin on my heel and walk out into the hallway. I’m ready to go. I’m in dark jeans, a leather jacket, and sneakers. I don’t have anything nicer. Once I’m leaning against the Cherrywood wall, I let my body give in to shame for a moment. What is her father going to think of me? What am I doing with a woman like Maria?

I need to fucking fight. That’s my element. Not this. I ran from this. Buried it in my past, because it can’t exist anymore. Not with how I look.

“Are you done brooding?”

My head whips around to see Maria standing there, staring at me. My eyebrows raise when I look at her. She’s covered up. That’s a rare sight. She’s wearing a modest, baby blue button up with white jeans and wedges. She’s still the most sexy woman I’ve ever seen. Holy shit. I need air.

“Outside,” I bark before running off.

“Wait, does that mean I should follow?” She yells, running behind me easily, even in wedges.

I look up at the sky with a growl. “I don’t know, Maria. You planning on going separately to your father’s?”

“No.”

My hand twitches when her voice comes from right beside me. She touches that hand softly.

“You know, there’s no boxing gym here, but I googled it. Krav Maga is a fighting style, right? There’s a studio not even two miles from here.”

I blink several times. The words I want to say are lodged in my throat. My heart beats faster.

“What?”

“I know that fighting must be a coping skill for you. I figured with a minimum of 72

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