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“What’s the bug up your ass?” Stan asked.
Grady grinned. “I bet I know.”
“Zip it, all of you,” Chris bit out. “Let’s eat.”
Asia sat, and they passed the platters of food around.
Dusty stabbed a forkful of scrambled eggs and shoved it in his mouth. He tried to keep his eyes from straying across the table to Asia, but it was hard to resist the tempting sight of her cleavage.
He’d never in his life seen her dressed in anything so revealing. Her parents would never have allowed it. He felt a nudge and realized Stan was shoving the platter of bacon into his bicep.
“Dusty. Wake up.”
He glared at him and took the platter, noticing the fucking grin on Stan’s face. The man had seen where Dusty’s eyes had gone. Shit, he really had to play it cool. The guys would rib him endlessly if he wasn’t careful.
He took some bacon and passed the platter on, then stared at his plate, but his mind’s eye took him back to the night he, Carter and Asia had ridden in Carter’s pickup out to Chaney Lake to watch a meteor shower. He’d been surprised her father had let her out of the house after dark, but because it was “for science” and her brother would be with her, he’d allowed it.
Little did the man realize, Carter wasn’t the best of chaperones.
Especially when Carter’s girlfriend met them out there.
Carter ended up in his girlfriend’s car, while Dusty and Asia sat on the tailgate and looked at the sky.
Eventually, they’d scooted back and leaned against the cab, stretching their legs out.
Asia wore a simple dress that buttoned from the neckline to the hemline that fell to her mid-calf, sleeves always to the elbows. Still, she was the prettiest girl he’d ever seen. No plain, modest dress could hide her beauty, try as her father might.
In fact, it probably made Dusty want her more, but she was his buddy’s little sister, and she was young.
That had been the summer after he’d completed basic training and the extensive eight-week training program to prepare for the Navy SEAL Physical Screening Test. He’d passed and been accepted into BUDS: Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training. He’d been given a four-day pass before he had to report to Coronado, California.
He’d been ecstatic about making it in. It had been his dream since he was a child. That weekend, Asia had been so happy for him, and her bubbly personality had really shone through. She’d seemed more mature than her age that weekend, and the way her face lit up when he talked about his excitement to get to California had heightened his happiness.
He loved being able to share the way he felt with her, and she seemed truly happy for him. He’d stared into her smiling face that night, under the starlight, one of the few times he’d ever been truly alone with her. Whatever barriers he usually put up between them fell away, and he’d leaned over and kissed her.
He’d loved the way her soft lips responded to his, parting and letting his tongue sweep inside. He kissed her a long time that night. Until finally, he broke it off, pressing his forehead to hers and closing his eyes.
“Goddamn, girl,” he’d whispered.
She’d cupped his neck, trying to pull him back. “Don’t stop, Dusty.”
He’d slid his hand to her waist, touching her body for the first time. It was chaste, but she sucked in a breath like he’d done so much more. He’d stared into her eyes as he let his palm travel slowly upward until he cupped her breast through the muslin fabric.
“Have you ever been kissed before, Asia?”
“No,” came the breathless response that had gotten his dick even harder than it had already been.
“I’m glad I was your first, then.”
“Me, too.”
Then a car door had slammed, and Carter had yelled something at his girlfriend. Apparently, they’d had a fight.
Dusty had pushed away from Asia, and she’d scooted back, tucking her hair behind her ear and looking nervous as hell.
“Let’s get out of here,” Carter had snapped, and Dusty had climbed to his feet, extending his hand to pull Asia to hers. Then he’d jumped off the tailgate and turned and lifted her off, his hands on her waist, and her palms settling on his shoulders.
They’d stared into each other’s eyes for only a moment before breaking apart. Dusty had turned and slammed the tailgate, then held the passenger door for Asia to slide across the bench seat between him and Carter.
