Steal My Girl by Casey McMillin

Author:Casey McMillin [McMillin, Casey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 23690846
Publisher: McMillin
Published: 2014-12-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Rory put his fingertip on my bruised jaw and stared at it. "Are ye feeling better? And why didn't ye text me back? I've been worried sick, and Addie won't tell me shite. It's like she's punishing me, which is no use, I might add, because I'm already punishing myself enough." His eyes scanned me. "How's yer hip?"

I gave him a little smile. "It's sore, but I'm getting better."

"How are ye doing with everything?"

"Scared." I said that word first because it was the thing I felt most.

His jaw clinched when I said it.

"This is the first I've been out of the house," I said, shrugging. "It's just really hard for me to imagine feeling normal again. I'm still so dazed from it all. Also, I sort of tweaked my back when my hip got hurt. Plus, every time I look in the mirror, I see this lovely zombie lady standing there staring at me."

I motioned to my face, and he reached up and caught my hand. I wanted to give into it but I knew better, so I pulled out of his grip. He gave me a hurt expression, and I offered a smile in an effort to soften the blow.

"Zombies are in, ye know," he said smiling, and then his face shifted to one of sweet concern. "Megan I want ye to know that what happened with us last week meant something to me." He touched my face again, and I let him. "I was planning on calling ye."

Was that seriously last week? It seemed like a freaking eternity since he spent the night at my house. So much had happened between then and now that it was hard for me to recall the significance of it. I think I really liked him at the time, but I was sort of glad I had the distraction of the incident to help me forget about how special I may or may not have thought that evening was.

"Rory, I had fun with you the other night and everything, but," I motioned back and forth between us with a finger, "this can't happen."

His bottomless green eyes were already communicating with me to please not say what I was about to say, but I'd been kidnapped for crying out loud.

I shook my head as I continued. "I'm not cut out for this kind of stuff." I smiled up at him. "I'm glad you came by while I was here, though, because I wanted to make sure you knew I don't think any of this is your fault. I don't want you worrying about that. It's just something that happened. Nobody meant for it to, and it's over now."

"Megan, I want to protect ye."

I stared up at him. I'd already thought about the ins and outs of being with him, and the reasons it'd never work. "And what if I said, 'sure, have a go at protecting me, Rory'. Exactly how would you do that when you're leaving town?"

"I'd figure something out."

"I don't even know why I said that.

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