Hometown Love by Christina Tetreault

Author:Christina Tetreault [Christina Tetreault]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Military, Romance
Publisher: Christina Tetreault
Published: 2015-01-25T23:00:00+00:00

Jessie slumped back, not much, but enough that he noticed the motion. The movement made him consider her response minutes before, as well as the one the first night they’d kissed. As she clipped her bra back on, his sister’s comment about Jessie not having much experience with men popped up. Was that why she’d gotten so unsettled tonight? Was it possible she’d never had sex? How could that be? Jessie was Erin’s age. He didn’t think any woman reached their age as a virgin. Then again, it would explain her unease.

Mack tossed the thought around and watched as Jessie pulled her shirt back on, his gaze drawn to the scar that started on her side and wrapped around to her back. “What happened there?” He pointed to the faded mark.

Jessie yanked down her shirt, covering up the scar. “I tripped and fell. Rather than land on the floor, I landed on a wine glass I left on a coffee table.”

Her explanation sounded plausible yet his gut told him it wasn’t the truth. Or, at least, not the whole truth. “That must have hurt.” Despite his misgivings with her explanation, he accepted it. Maybe he spent too much time around criminals who lied all the time. After all, there was no reason for Jessie to lie now. “Do you want anything before we restart the movie?” He ignored the questions her words and actions created. Tonight, it was only the two of them, and he planned on enjoying their time together.

When Jessie shook her head, he grabbed the remote control. “Let me know if you change your mind.” Restarting the movie, he put his arm around her and pulled her close.

He’d seen the classic sci-fi movie so many times he could quote it scene-by-scene, a habit that had driven his ex-wife crazy on the few occasions they’d watched the film together. Tonight, with Jessie, he made an effort not to recite a single line.

When they reached the movie’s first real memorable scene, however, Jessie did the one thing he’d avoided all night and repeated the heroine’s lines word-for-word. Since that particular scene was so well-known, he chalked it up to a random event. The third time she did it, repeating a much lesser-known line, he broke the comfortable silence around them.

“How many times have you seen this movie?”

“As an adult or all together? Because if we’re counting when I was a kid, it would be over thirty.”

“I think I have you beat. I was obsessed with this movie as a kid. Had every toy they came out with and a lunch box.”

Jessie beamed back at him. “Me, too. I think my grandmother still has a few of my toys tucked away in the attic.”

Pleased to learn that they had something else in common, they fell into a discussion about which movie in the Star Wars series was best and why. Soon the misgivings Jessie’s earlier explanation evoked, disappeared.

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