Silenced (Harper Security Ops Book 10) by A.K. Evans

Author:A.K. Evans [Evans, A.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J&J Ink LLC
Published: 2023-08-21T18:30:00+00:00

I was in love.

Maybe it wasn’t the real deal just yet, but I was certainly in love with the way I felt right now.

Maxie and I were at the bowling alley, just as I’d promised. Completely unashamed, I’d just given her a taste of my skills.

Her mouth dropped open when I’d taken my first turn. “Wow, you really weren’t kidding,” she declared, noting how I’d only managed to knock down a single pin.

“I tried to warn you.”

“Yeah, but you’re so strong,” she replied.

I let out a laugh. “What does that have to do with anything?”

Maxie walked toward me, closing the distance between us. She brought both hands up and wrapped them around my bicep. “My hands don’t even fit around your arm.”

I cocked an eyebrow, silently questioning her because I didn’t trust myself to speak with her hands on me like that.

“If I had arms like this, I’d get a strike every single time.”.

“If you had arms like this, I’d probably want to hire your personal trainer, too,” I teased her.

Maxie burst out laughing, doing it while continuing to hold on to my arm. That was the first instance of me feeling like I was falling in love.

Seeing her so carefree, laughing like that at something I’d said, all while she held on to me, was better than I could have ever envisioned.

Then, she pulled herself together, focused her gorgeous eyes on mine, and offered, “Do you want me to teach you how?”

“Teach me?”

Her eyes were sparkling as her mouth formed into a beautiful smile. She gave my arm a slight shake and replied, “Yeah, I can teach you how to do it, so you have a fighting chance and can make this a little challenging for me.”

“You’re going to teach me how to do it?” I asked.

If I thought she’d looked horrified when she saw me roll the first ball down the bowling alley, it was nothing compared to the look on her face now.

She loosened her hold on me, her lips parted slightly, and took a step back. I immediately regretted my decision to push things into that territory. As comfortable as I thought she was becoming with me, apparently, she hadn’t gotten that comfortable.

“Oh, um, I didn’t mean—”

I took a step toward her and said, “I know you didn’t, Maxie. I was just joking with you.”

“I was talking about bowling,” she said. “I swear, that’s all I meant by it. I would never have said something like that. I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable.”

“Darling, you didn’t make me uncomfortable,” I assured her.

“Are you sure?”

I nodded. Then, because I didn’t want things to take an awkward turn, I stated, “I’d love to learn how to bowl, if you want to take the time to teach me.”

For a few seconds, I held my breath.

I was worried that I’d ruined our afternoon, but I had been worried for nothing. Just as I’d attempted to match her energy throughout lunch, it seemed two could play that game.

Maxie must have realized

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