Reckless King by Maya Hughes

Author:Maya Hughes [Hughes, Maya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

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Heath

Kara jumped away from me like she’d been burned when someone knocked on the door. I tried not to let the ache in my chest dig in too deep. She wasn’t rejecting me, she was rejecting the situation for our own good. I stepped back, giving her space. The outline of a small lady showed up through the frosted glass door. I shouldn’t have kissed her. I’d wanted to so badly I could barely concentrate, but I shouldn’t have done it.

Skirting around the other side of the desk, Kara threw the office door open and stood in the doorway, blocking most of the view of the room. I rounded the desk and snagged my bag off the floor and threw it over my shoulder.

“Hi, Mrs. Robson.” Kara’s sunny voice boomed from her spot at the door.

“I know you were looking for the room schedule for this semester, and I finally tracked it down. I wanted to get it to you before I left for the day.” The woman’s voice carried into room.

I loomed over Kara, my shadow covering her. She pressed herself as hard as she could against the doorframe. Any harder and she might become a part of it.

“Thanks for the insights, Kara. I’ll be sure to incorporate them into my experiment.” I smiled at her, and she stared back, blinking a couple times. Her lips glistened in the dim lighting, and a keen yearning slammed into my chest. A semester. That was all. I could kiss her again once the semester was over. What if she met someone else? What if she realized it wasn’t worth the hassle of getting involved with someone who could implode her career before it even started?

I grimaced and slid past her and out into the hallway. The older woman with glasses on a chain around her neck stepped back so I could leave.

“See you soon, Kara.” I gave her a two-finger salute and backed away from the two women. Seeing her had been the one thing keeping me going. How did that happen? In a matter of weeks, she’d gone from the woman I couldn’t stop staring at in the bar to the person I needed to see to feel like I wasn’t unraveling at the seams.

Relax.

The one-word mantra I’d repeated to so many people over the years wasn’t helping.

The one person I felt could save me from drowning was now absolutely off-limits. I’d gone down that path before and almost ruined someone’s life. I didn’t plan on doing that again, especially to Kara who had enough going on with her family life. As much as I wanted to say screw the rules, sometimes it was a risk that would end up killing the thing you wanted most.

The house was quiet when I got home. I grabbed the last beer from my secret stash. With my coat still on, I stood staring into the fridge, waiting for something. I wasn’t sure what, but I wasn’t going to find it there. The hum

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