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The fuck?
I stared at her. “What?”
Shannon blushed. “Well, I just… I thought you might—”
“I trust you,” I told her. “I’m not counting anything. It never even crossed my mind, okay?”
“Are you sure?” she whispered, killing me with those big eyes.
I nodded and resisted the urge to lean across and kiss the shite out of those swollen lips. “I am absolutely sure.”
The smile that lit up her face then was so striking that it made my heart race recklessly. I just stared at her for the longest moment, wondering how the hell I got here, and how the hell I was going to get out.
“I better take you home,” I finally said as I shoved my key in the ignition and cranked the engine.
“Of course,” Shannon replied, still smiling at me.
I had to look away. I couldn’t risk another glance at her. Not tonight.
Get your ass away from this girl before you do something stupid like lose your heart as well as your head, my brain hissed as I tore out of the car park, nerves shot to hell.
Too late, asshole, my heart taunted.
“Or,” I heard myself say, giving in to the urgent need I had inside of me to keep this girl right here with me.
Shannon looked at me with bright eyes. “Or?”
Don’t do it, Johnny. Don’t put yourself in temptation’s way.
“We could go see a film?” I offered, knowing I was screwed the minute the words came out of my mouth.
“A f-film?” Shannon squeezed out.
Oh, Jesus.
I nodded uncertainly. “If you want?”
“At the cinema?” she asked, cheeks flushing.
I shrugged. “Or my house.”
You stupid fucker.
“I’m… I don’t… I’m not exactly…” She paused to tuck her hair behind her ears before saying, “Allowed to go.”
“You’re not allowed to go where?” I asked, feeling a huge pang of disappointment settle in my stomach.
“Um, anywhere?” she offered with a helpless shrug. “My parents are kind of protective.”
Understandable. If I was in their shoes, I would be protective of her, too, given what Shannon had been through at her old school. Hell, I was protective now.
“But I want to,” she added, smiling shyly at me. “I’d love to, actually—if you want to, that is?”
Well, shit. Balls.
What the hell was I supposed to do now?
My mother was at home so that was out.
