Dust by Mandy Harbin

Author:Mandy Harbin [Harbin, Mandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Mandolin Park
Published: 2016-07-18T18:30:00+00:00

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The road trip to Arkansas had been fun so far. Killian and I had played games, fought over what music to listen to, and talked about nothing specific. I was still stunned he'd agreed so easily to come home with me for the weekend. Either he really did want me to forget about that kiss we'd shared, or he was willing to grasp any excuse to spend time with me. Those possibilities were contradictory. If he wanted to spend time with me, then logic would dictate he wouldn't want me to forget about the kiss. But nobody had said a word about things being logical. Unfortunately, I didn't have anything to compare to. Sometimes I really hated my lack of experience in the man department. But truth be told, I liked being with him, regardless if we acknowledged that stolen moment or not.

In fact, when he'd pretended it never happened, I'd been hurt. I'd waited for him to say something, anything, about it. When days passed without so much as a whisper of our lip-lock, I knew he wasn’t happy about it. That realization made me both embarrassed and mad. Embarrassed because I'd put myself out there and ultimately gotten rejected. Mad because he'd so easily screw practically any woman, so why wasn't I good enough for just a kiss? Of course, I didn't voice those feelings to him. I, too, pretended as if everything were okay. When he told me why he wanted to put the kiss behind us, I could see the sincerity in his eyes. He really did care about me. I might only be a friend to him, but I mattered. He did, too. More than any man in my life.

I knew anything beyond a great friendship was out of the question—as it should be—but that didn't mean I couldn't enjoy what we had together. So I did my best to put that night behind me. It hadn't been easy. Hell, after Jewel had witnessed the kiss, she'd gone on and on that night about how no one had ever seen Killian make out with a girl in public. Even quick kisses had been a rarity. Yeah, that hadn't helped my confusion at all. I'd known all along that we were friends, but I'd liked it better when things were undefined in my mind. After our kiss, Killian hadn't just labeled our relationship as strictly friends, he'd branded it with a fiery poker into that platonic category. When I told Jewel about this after getting out of the hospital, she still didn't believe it. She'd lamented about how his actions spoke louder than words, and that I should grab the bull by the horns. She'd pulled every clichéd metaphor out of her stash to try to prove to me he was hiding behind his feelings.

Though I saw the reasoning in her argument, I didn't tell her that. Regardless of how Killian acted, he didn't want to ruin what we had. I had to respect his wishes. But that didn't mean I had to pretend to myself I wasn't falling for him hard and fast.

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