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“Glad to know you’re easier to control than a bunch of seven-year-olds,” he announced and turned to me long enough to wink at me again. My chest got even tighter.
I was right.
He was a special guy.
He was more than special. And I was in complete and utter awe of him.
FOURTEEN
WESLEY
I’d gone my entire life thinking I wasn’t much of a man, feeling less than, but after the way I’d just stood up in front of a room full of big, bad Navy SEALs and bossed them around, I felt like I had balls of steel.
All I needed now was to grab said balls of steel and jiggle them to assert my manhood and authority, but seeing as I wasn’t fourteen, it was enough for me to turn my nose up and walk out of The Outpost without another word.
Today’s meeting was a roaring success. I knew we were still far away from getting the desired outcome, but action was better than inertia.
“Hey.” Teddy ran out of the bar just as my phone jingled with a new message. I gave the screen a passing glance only to choke on my own saliva.
Ruby:
Hope you’re spending Sunday deep-throating Mr. Hot Uncle.
“Jesus, Ruby,” I muttered under my breath and turned to Teddy. He caught up with me, and I walked down the front steps to the parking lot side by side with the man with the bluest of blue eyes and a million-dollar smile that looked even better in the light of day.
“Hey,” I said, then I remembered I hadn’t driven here, so I stopped in the middle of the parking lot and put my hands on my hips.
“You were brilliant in there. I’m in awe of you.”
“Eep.” The bizarre, mortifying sound escaped me before I could control it, and I could feel my cheeks going red without my volition.
All right, Wesley. He just said he was in awe of you. No need to wet your pants.
“Th-thanks,” I mumbled and avoided his gaze for fear of combusting upon impact.
“No, really. The way you handled that was… I don’t think anyone has ever gone head-to-head with Wyatt and lived to tell the tale.”
I shrugged and focused on this wild burst of confidence instead of the way my body was leaning toward Teddy like we were opposing magnets trying to keep away from each other.
“I don’t know what to say. It’s far scarier to stand in front of twenty seven-year-olds than it is to stand in a room full of SEALs.” Which wasn’t exactly a lie, but that didn’t mean I hadn’tbeen shitting my pants while trying to convince those thickheads to act now.
“Well, you’re my new hero,” he said.
Another embarrassing sound escaped my lips.
“Huh?” he asked.
“Nothing.” I shook my head. “Nothing.”
I made the mistake of looking at his eyes, and it took every ounce of self-control not to melt into a puddle before him. I turned away from him so fast I almost made myself dizzy.
I kept looking at the few cars already parked here as if mine would magically appear, but it was the only thing I could think of to not embarrass myself any further.
“My car’s right there,” Teddy pointed to his black Jeep, and I marched straight for it without even glancing back at him.
“Oh right,” I said as if I’d forgotten.
I hadn’t. My mind had this nasty habit of remembering every little detail about him. Like what kind of car he drove, how many strands of hair were out of place at any given time on his forehead, and how warm his touch made me feel all over. It was why it was dangerous spending more alone time together because my freaking elephant brain would store those moments in my head and use them to boost my jerk-off time onto a whole new level.
