It Had to be Mason (Beachbreak High, #1)

by Emily Lowry

Zoe: You didn’t have to do that. You didn’t have to make yourself look bad. Mason: Every guy likes to be the knight in shining armor. And knights need dragons to fight. Happy to be your dragon. Zoe: Can’t believe I’m saying this, but you’re the best. Your crazy plan worked. Mason: Sometimes you have to take a hit to make the play.

There must have been hundreds of other people at the Night Market, but my eyes were drawn to her. She was the best kind of beautiful — the kind of beautiful that didn’t know she was beautiful. Kevin, on the other hand? Dull as a practice jersey. Why was Zoe so nervous around him? If anything, he should’ve been nervous around her. She was that far out of his league. Or maybe I was just being hard on him. Just because I didn’t think chess or board games were that interesting, didn’t mean they weren’t. There was nothing wrong with having interests besides sports. Besides, Kevin was smarter than me. I was just your typical high school jock. But as I looked at Zoe, I just didn’t get how a guy like Kevin wouldn’t be interested in Zoe. For that matter, I couldn’t understand how any guy wouldn’t be interested in Zoe.

“How are your hands on my legs?” I asked, trying to control my laughter. “I thought it made sense?”

I smiled back. Mason was a treasure. And even if he wasn’t my treasure, I was thrilled for whoever he was going to end up with.

There was no misery worse than watching the person you love walk away with someone else.

“That girl is special. And you’re something special too. But if you want there to be something between the two of you, you’re going to have to make a move. You can have all the kindling in the world, but if you don’t strike a match, it’ll never burn.” I was about to reply when my phone vibrated. “Thank you for the dance,” I said. “I have to take this.” “Think about what I said,” Verity replied. “And don’t let once in a lifetime pass you by.”

Mason was smart, funny, warm, caring, and kind.