Page 32 of The Moment Promised

Such a gentlemen…How do you not have a girlfriend?

Who says he doesn’t?

“So…” I break the silence.

The sun starts to set, elongating our shadows along the asphalt.

I love Finn’s neighborhood. The houses are all so unique in color. One is a light pink, the other a teal color, some white, some a faded yellow. There are boats in almost every white rock driveway.

“What’s the love life like at FSU?” I ask casually, like there isn’t an answer he could give that would burn me alive.

He raises a brow. “How’s the love life here?” he counters.

“I asked you first,” I spit out, way too fast.

He shrugs. “There’s lots of girls at FSU.” He kicks a pebble on the sidewalk.

My large intestine wraps around my stomach like a snake suffocating its prey, or at least that’s how it feels.

I focus on the dolphin shaped mailbox we are about to pass.

“Some flirt or find a way to text me about an assignment,” he says, unbothered by the idea.

“Sounds like you’re quite the ladies man.” I try to leave out any emotion attached to my words, but they threaten to slip out my eyes.

“But you know how it is. Dating in college is rarely anything memorable. Mainly a one-night stand followed by another.”

I think I just died. I leave my body and watch the conversation that killed me from a bird’s eye view.

“I have no interest in it.” He stops dead in his tracks, giving me his full attention. “I want something meaningful, with somebody whoknowsme.”

He’s awfully close, much closer than he was a few seconds ago.

I take a step back to put some distance between us, my heel slipping off the edge of the sidewalk.

Everything happens in a matter of a second.A car honks, and its brakes squeal.

I squeeze my eyes, accepting my fate.

The front of my body slams against something hard.

“Shit. You, okay?”

I blink my eyes open. I’m not dead.

Finn caught me before I could fall and get hit by a car.

My heart drums in my chest, both from the close call and from the closeFinn,who holds me tight.

“Miller?”

“Yeah?”

“You’re clearly incapable of walking yourself. You leave me no choice.”

“Wha—” The air rushes out of my lungs as Finn sweeps me into his arms, taking me by surprise and sending weird signals throughout my body that make me blush.

“Put your arms around my neck,” he says in a low voice.

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