Page 45 of Promise Yule Be Mine
As if I wouldn't love to let loose, to go wild. To claim Nova.
But I couldn't. I just…couldn't.
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NOVA
Iwished there was a different way to do this. A different way to do my job than to spend so much time in close quarters with him.
It was torture, plain and simple.
I felt like one of those people in rom-coms or something, who kept getting drawn to the person they hated and they were a slip-up, an accident or a misunderstanding away from a terrible mistake that would unwind both protagonists' lives.
But my life wasn’t a rom-com. This wasn't a cute Hallmark movie where everything worked out in the end and nothing bad ever happened. This was real life and in real life even one small mistake had consequences.
"Music?" Kody asked beside me and reached for the radio.
I nodded without looking at him. I didn't know if I could without betraying all the thoughts running laps in my head.
He flipped through the whole spectrum of stations before he gave up with a sigh.
"I don't even know what music you like," he said and gestured for me to take over.
I chuckled and turned to the first available station.
It blasted country music but I grimaced and changed it again.
"Not a fan?" he asked.
"It's not that. I like country. I'm just very selective. Give me Dolly Parton, Shania Twain and The Chicks all day long, but everyone else…I don't know. Leaves a lot to be desired."
Kody nodded. "Fair," he said.
I changed to the next station. Kylie Minogue's “Can't Get You Out of My Head” played. Specifically, thela-la-lapart.
Kody groaned. "God. Make it stop."
I laughed and turned the volume up just to see his reaction.
"No. Please. Show mercy," he fake-cried but kept his eyes on the road, unwavering from the task at hand, thank God.
I took pity on him and turned to the next station. “Silent Night” filled the car with its solemn melody.
"You don't like Kylie? That one was a classic."
He nodded with a sigh. "I know. And I'm sick of it. My ex used to be obsessed with her so I can't listen to any of her old songs or I get PTSD."
Ex.
I didn't know why but I hadn't even thought of Kody as someone who had exes. For some reason I'd assumed he and Jenna had been together since high school, although neither of them hadtold me so. Yet another peculiar thing about them. How little they talked of their relationship.
"That bad, huh?"
He nodded.
"Yeah. He completely ruined it for me. Completely ruined most pop for me, really."
I paused and stared.
