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242 pages, ebook
First published September 7, 2018
Gun at the ready, he made for the bathroom, his free hand reaching the knob.
The door swung open on its own.
"Freeze!" he bit out.
Four things happened pretty much at the same time.
The woman screamed, jumped backward into the door, slamming it against the wall behind her, and dropped a pile of clothing to the floor.
And then the towel she wore around her chest came unknotted and swung open, baring every inch of her.
"Jesus fucknugget, Billy!" the woman screeched.
He inhaled a deep breath meant to calm, but it was a mistake. A big one. Because he got a lungful of peaches and sweetness that was all Shayna.
Shayna who was Ryan's kid sister. Except...nope.
Not one goddamn thing about the woman standing next to him belonged to a kid. And he would know since he'd seen nearly the whole beautiful package.
"Hi," he said. "Welcome to DC. Sorry I nearly shot you."
"I was a fucking handful when I was growing up."
Shayna grinned. "Oh, so you're not a handful anymore?"
He gave her the strangest look, and then burst into a speechless guffaw.
Heat absolutely flooded Shay's face. OH.MY.GOD. Did she seriously just asked him if he was a handful?
"That's not what I meant!"
Grinning like a shithead, he turned the blender on high. One hand on his hip and the other on the blender, he yelled, "What? I can't hear you!"
"You are a total ballbag, Billy Parrish!"
Why did I survive that shit when so many others didn't? He'd asked himself that so many times over the past three years...
He'd seen Noah and Kristina together, and it was crystal clear that they were a match of the happily-ever-after kind. And Billy was happy that so many things had turned around for the younger man- Noah had fought for it and deserved it. But it was still a sucker punch to realize you might never find that for yourself
He was enjoying spending time with her. She was funny and made him laugh and she was just... really easy to be with. Having her around this weekend had made him realize just how much he was usually alone. And that it was actually nice to have some company around his place. It wasn't going too far to say that he'd had more fun with her setting up her room than he'd ever had in this house since he'd moved in. Doing a whole lot of nothing special. And that was all due to Shayna
The next thing Shayna knew, Billy grasped and pushed her against the wall behind the door. He kissed her full on the mouth. It only took her brain the beat of one second to realize he'd given her exactly what she wanted and to kiss him back. And dear God, the way this man kissed. Like he'd been starving for it. His hands were holding her face and his body was pinning her to the wall and his tongue was tasting her mouth like he was desperate for her. "You can touch me, damnit," he gritted out around the edge of a kiss. She buried her fingers in his hair, and he groaned.