Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan

Author:Kennedy Ryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scribechick Media, LLC

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August

It doesn’t make sense. Yesterday was like the first night Iris and I met all over again—laughing, teasing, opening up. The attraction sometimes lurking just beneath the skin of our conversation, sometimes shivering across its surface. And then Muscle Head showed up, and she shut down and rushed from the building without a word.

And today? Still no words. She hasn’t looked at me. Hasn’t spoken or even acknowledged that I exist.

By all rights, I shouldn’t even be here for the community center beautification project. Sylvia told me I wasn’t needed. The students are painting the rec room, and Torrie, Shelia, and Iris are helping. Iris paints a wall across the room and wears dark denim overalls and Chuck Taylors. Her hair is in a messy bun, and the work lends a glow to the soft curve of her cheeks. She looks like a little girl.

She bends, stretching the denim across the fullness of her ass.

Maybe not a little girl.

I’m a guy. I can’t be expected to ignore how good her ass looks in those jeans. But it’s not the most important thing. We only have two days left, and after spending even the little time with her that I’ve had, I know things can’t go back to the way they were. Us having no contact. Her living with Caleb, sleeping with Caleb. Her staying with Caleb is not an option anymore, and I need to hear her say that, promise that. I need her to explain what the problem is, so I can fix it.

How hard can it be to leave him? How complicated can it be to choose me over him? To throw his damn ring in his face and walk away?

She said she wasn’t with him for the money. Or not the way I might think, whatever the hell that means.

And I believe that. I may not know everything about her, but she’s no gold digger.

I know she sees him clearly. She said herself it was a dirty play.

She says she’s not marrying him, but she’s wearing his ring.

What the fuck is going on?

I’m not leaving today without answers. I won’t get them with her avoiding me, so I walk over to the wall the three women are painting.

“Iris, can I talk to you for a minute?” I pitch my voice low so we don’t draw more attention than I already do here.

She jumps like a bullet whizzed past her ear instead of a whisper. A wide, quick glance is all she offers before training her eyes back on the wall.

“I’m really trying to get this wall done,” she says. “I . . . um, maybe later.”

I sneak a look at Torrie and Shelia. They roll their painting pins over the wall, but they’re watching us.

“It’ll only take a few minutes.” I cover her hand to stop the rolling motion, and she looks at me with a frown. “Please.”

Her eyes dart from Shelia and Torrie to Sylvia in the corner before she sighs and places the paint roller in the pan at her feet.

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