The Captain (Rose Hill Campus Book 2) by J.S. Wood

Author:J.S. Wood [Wood, J.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-29T00:00:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

Cassie

Four Months Ago

Nerves rioted in my stomach all day, to the point where I’d nearly lost my breakfast once and hadn’t been able to eat lunch at all.

I paced the space in the apartment, smoothing down my form-fitting dark blue dress, staring at my heels, and wondering if they were a good idea. I shook my head at myself, knowing better, and ran to my room quickly to slip on some black sneakers.

There. Much better.

I took a moment to look in the mirror. My hair was curled in big curls over my shoulders, my makeup was done with a precise hand, and my jacket and purse were on one of the breakfast stools waiting for me to pick them up.

Lincoln was set to arrive any minute.

After the night before and our very romantic hang out date, Lincoln had stayed the night, cuddling me close and making my stomach dance with butterflies so much that it had almost been hard to sleep.

That morning, when he was getting ready to leave, he had asked me out on a real date.

I didn’t need time to think and didn’t hesitate at all when I said yes, putting no good use to any advice I’d gotten from Teen Queen magazine when I was fifteen and it had said to not act too eager around the boys who liked you.

I don’t know why that bit of advice stuck with me, but it did.

The Teen Queen editors would be so disappointed.

But I hadn’t needed time to think because something, my heart or brain or both, had said that this situation was right, it felt good, I felt happy, and for the first time in my life, I was going for it without hesitation.

Throwing caution to the wind and letting myself fall for this man who proved he wanted to be with me was more freeing than anything I’d ever done.

A knock sounded at the door, and I marched over to it, taking a steady breath before I unlocked and opened the door.

The breath was knocked out of me when I saw him standing there. Lincoln was tall and broad shouldered, his presence filled the doorway, but when I looked at his sandy blonde hair, his button-down shirt under a suit coat, no tie, and his slacks that landed over nice dress shoes, words, for the first time ever, failed me.

“Holy.” Lincoln cleared his throat, cutting himself off whatever words he was going to say. His deep-brown eyes took me in, and when they landed on my face, he grinned broadly, and I felt a blush spread over my cheeks. “You look absolutely beautiful.”

“Thank you.” I nodded and gestured to him. “You don’t look so bad yourself.”

“Thanks,” he said and followed me into the apartment when I took a step back, heading for my coat and purse.

I was halfway to putting it on when he took it from me, holding it for me, and I bit back the wide grin I felt at the gentlemanly move. Oh wow,

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