Resisting the Hero by Cindi Madsen

Author:Cindi Madsen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, small town, SWAT, officer, playboy, best friend's little sister, older brother's best friend, friends to lovers
Publisher: Entangled publishing, LLC (Bliss)
Published: 2013-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Faith ran along the lake, telling herself to push for two more minutes and then she could walk for two. She couldn’t stop thinking about Connor. He’d helped her confront one of her biggest fears, even after she’d pushed him away. Her heart tugged and she could feel the ghost of his hand on hers, holding her steady. She’d texted him that night, saying she was thinking about taking him up on his offer to help train the last two weeks before the 5K.

And then she’d heard nothing back. Not that night, not the next one. She hadn’t seen him since the gas station. Well, until this morning, when she’d glanced out the window and seen him running along the lake with Penny. So it wasn’t like he’d stopped. Apparently he just didn’t want to run with her, and her mind was spinning out of control, wondering what had happened.

What if he decided I have too many issues? What if now that I gave in the tiniest bit, he’s bored with the chase? And the worst: What if he was too busy with his neighbor?

Faith kicked faster, sprinting until her thighs burned and her lungs screamed for air. She pushed past the two-minute mark and made it all the way back to the house. When she stumbled into the kitchen, her breaths still choppy, Kaleb was sitting at the table, sipping a cup of coffee.

“You’re up early,” he said.

“I thought I’d get a head start on the day.” Okay, so she’d thought if she accidentally on purpose ran into Connor she could get a feel for what the hell was going on. She sucked in a few more lungfuls of oxygen and glanced at the clock. “Is Connor going to pick you up soon? I, uh, needed to ask him something.”

The muscles along Kaleb’s jaw tightened—he’d been so huffy the past few days. He shook his head. “I knew this would happen.” He pushed out his chair and put his hands on her shoulders. “Faith, Connor is a player.”

She tensed. “I know.”

“Do you? He’s a good guy, and my best friend, but he’s not the kind of person who has relationships, and I don’t want you getting hurt.”

She thought about after their swim, when he’d told her he’d try, and how after the gas station she’d thought about letting him. But Kaleb’s words made the part of her that still ached over the last guy who’d hurt her rise up, reminding her that she’d never been a no-strings-attached girl, and that most of her strings had been slashed, the edges now painfully frayed.

“He’s a cop, too. Late hours, tons of stress. It’s a bad idea to get attached all around. Just get through your time here, and then go do your internship in Charlotte. Okay?”

A knock sounded on the door and Kaleb glanced at it, then back at her, eyebrows raised. The same look he used to give her back in high school when he’d taken over being the parent.

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