Midnight Heat by Jordyn White

Author:Jordyn White
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Velvet Pen Books
Published: 2017-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

The next run is longer and gives us a fantastic view of a cliff face as we zip farther down the mountain. I was, in fact, first in line, but Grayson was one of the last. Bobby and his girl are one of the first ones too and I hang out with them a bit as we wait for the other members of our group. As the platform gets more crowded, however, I exit and wait at the trailhead with a few others.

And so it goes. We work our way from one zip line to the next, and I start to see why people seek out these kind of experiences. I try to practice good etiquette and let others go first, patiently (or not so patiently) waiting my turn. Grayson and I don’t talk again until the second to the last run, when we both end up on the receiving platform together, before anyone else.

It’s probably a good thing this hasn’t happened too often, because even though Cute Connor isn’t too far away, ready to receive the next person, I feel like Grayson and I are alone together. And that gets me all stirred up and wishing we could be together, in every sense of the word. I’m acutely aware of his presence, now that I’m not distracted by other people and breathtaking views.

I’m leaning on the front railing, my eyes on the cable. He’s doing the same thing, though more than an arm’s length away.

“I think your brother’s coming next,” he says, “but I’m not sure because his girlfriend was fighting him for the next place in line.”

I groan. “She’s not his girlfriend. Thank god.”

“You don’t like her?”

I glance at him and he’s smiling at me knowingly. There’s that cute dimple again. I smile too, my heart flip flopping.

I take a deep breath, my eyes back on the line. That ship has sailed. “It’s not really my business.” That’s what I keep telling myself, anyway.

He nods, considering me. “So you’re not feeling like you have to be his mom as much?”

I shrug. “I wish he had a mom, but he doesn’t, and I’m not her, either. I guess even if Mom were still alive he’d be breaking away and making his own decisions.”

“It’s normal.”

I nod.

“But it’s hard?”

I nod. It’s been the hardest thing for me to let go of during the past year, but I know it’s better for both of us if I do. “It’s getting better, though.”

“Good for you, Chloe.”

I look at him, drawn by the almost intimate tone in his voice. There’s a brief moment when our eyes meet, and I feel that connection with him I felt all those months ago. I think my heart is going to burst. But it’s so fast I don’t know for sure that it even happened. Maybe it was just wishful fantasizing because he looks toward the line almost immediately.

“Here he comes.” He nods his head.

Sure enough, there’s Bobby. I look just in time to see him flip upside down and back up again.

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