The Broken One (Falcon Falls Security, #2)

by Brittney Sahin

He stood alongside her and removed his hand from her back. “Rory planned this, didn’t she?” Ella whispered a few minutes later. “Her birthday was recently, so I thought she meant this to be a Christmas-slash-birthday celebration weekend, but the stomach bug is fake, isn’t it?” “I’m thinking so,” he answered honestly, and she turned to face him, her cheeks becoming rosier the longer they stayed out in the cold. “Why does she keep trying to set us up?” When he didn’t reply, because what would he say, she went on, “Rory’s my best friend. She knows you’ve rejected me on a few occasions, so I don’t know why she keeps pressing the idea we’ll end up together. You don’t see me that way.” Her tone was soft, a little sad. And it broke his heart. “Reject you? When did I . . .” He cupped his jaw, trying to sort through the past, searching through blurry memories. He’d worked hard to forget a lot of shit, including all the pain and suffering he’d witnessed in the war. “You talking about the kiss, and well, the other thing?” Your virginity. She nodded, her eyes moving to his hand still settled on his jaw.