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“Forget it. And the kiss.”
Unfortunately, that request reminded her of the first kiss. “Didn’t we already do that…a couple of months ago?”
He nodded. “Yeah. Maybe we can wash this one away with a few too many shots of tequila too. I could use a drink right about now.”
The April Fools party two months earlier was turning out to be one of those parties everyone would talk about for decades, remembering how, for just one evening, every single person in the room had been in the perfect mood to cut loose and go wild.
Finn was still having a great deal of fun at Landon’s expense, teasing him about how drunk he’d gotten. No doubt Finn had latched on to it because it was such a rarity. Nine times out of ten, Landon was the designated driver. That night, he’d just wanted to kick back and have fun.
The one thing Finn didn’t mention was the kiss.
When Yvonne mentioned it the next day, Sunnie had been shocked, thinking her cousin was joking. That was when Landon realized Sunnie didn’t remember kissing him, so he decided to make things a lot easier for both of them by pretending the same.
But things had changed between him and Sunnie after that party.
For him, anyway. Ever since that night, it was like he was seeing her through different eyes.
Sunnie took it in stride, like she did everything—including this kiss—and she’d started dating Derek the Douchebag the next week. Sunnie had jumped into her relationship with Derek like every other one in her life, all in…for one hot minute.
“At least there weren’t any witnesses this time,” she said, her smile growing brighter.
“We got lucky. None of your cousins or your brother around to give us shit.”
He clipped the latch on his gun holster, looking toward the end of the street at the sound of approaching sirens.
“You called for backup?”
“Of course I did.”
“Shit,” she murmured, aware it was going to be impossible to keep this from her dad once the other guys from the precinct arrived.
Landon looked at her…and couldn’t stop thinking about the kiss. And the fact that he wanted to do it again. She looked back, her eyes curious.
Then her gaze dropped to his lips.
She wanted to kiss him again too.
For a moment, Landon considered giving in to that desire, but the sirens were too close.
“We need to talk, Sunshine,” he said, using the nickname he’d been using since they were kids. It had started as a way to tease her because she always got annoyed, claiming her name was Sunday, not Sunshine, but eventually the complaints fell away and the name stuck.
Sunnie nodded, her face growing more serious. “I know. I really am sorry, Landon. What I did was stupid and dangerous.”
She mistakenly thought he wanted to talk about her actions.
She was wrong.
The only thing he intended to discuss were his actions.
And his feelings regarding those kisses.
Chapter Four
Sunnie started to walk to the police car, but her pained limp was too much for Landon to watch. He bent down and picked her up, despite her protests, carrying her to his cruiser and setting her down gently to lean against the vehicle as two police cars roared into view.
“Stay here. I’ll see if I can…do some sort of damage control.”’
She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. “Thanks, babe.”
