CHAPTER ONE
JESSIE
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Ihad to leave Texas.
Flee.Leave.Same-same.
I’m so ashamed of what I did that I can barely look my father in the eye.Actually, I haven’t.Not that he will ever find out what I did.
Not if I can help it.
Dad already thinks I’m an idiot for wanting to be an actress.Jayden, my brother, joining the US Air Force didn’t help.Words like patriot and pride have been bandied around while Dad gives me those ‘there’s no helping her’ looks.
While Jayden has always been the apple of my father’s eye, beloved by everyone he meets, I’m the opposite.I’ve always been introverted, a bit of a loner, and had my head in the clouds.The latter, a direct quote from my darling father.
I guess people expect me to be a Playboy Bunny or something with all my long blonde hair, blue eyes and ample chest.I’m not that confident.I only open up around people I’m close to and when the camera is pointed at me.
That’s just who I am.
But despite that, and a four-year age difference, my brother and I are close.But.
And it’s a big but.
He has a best friend, the hunky, sexy Liam Rutherford.CaptainLiam Rutherford.A former Air Force pilot and the man I’ve had a crush on since I can remember.
He spent a lot of time with my family because of his friendship with Jayden, especially after his dad died.He was ten; I was six.I watched the pain on his face and wanted to help him.
He told me cuddles helped.
Liam and Jayden joined the United States Air Force together.Then, a year ago, both of them discharged early.
Which is a shame, as seeing Liam in fatigues was almost otherworldly.And if that wasn’t sexy enough, the day I saw him in his blue uniform, I died.Okay, I didn’t die, but my entire body shuddered, and a lifetime of craving that six-foot-four man’s touch intensified.
What did I get in return?Liam mussed my hair and said, “Hey, Squirt.”
FML.
But also, it’s the story of my life.
Jayden is now working a corporate job based in Los Angeles, and from what I can gather, is not that happy.He lives with Liam.
Gorgeous, hot, sexy Liam.
Oh, the dreams I’ve had about that man.In them, I’m not an introvert, I’m a sex kitten making him moan and spread me out while he has his naughty way with me.
As I know he wants to.
I know it.
A woman knows when a man looks at her a certain way, and Liam started doing that when he got older.At first, I didn’t understand it, and then one day I did.
So, when I dream of lying on his bed in skimpy lingerie and his head is between my legs while he tells me how sweet I taste, well, I’m not sorry.
I am sorry that he’s never stopped treating me like Jayden’s little sister.That despite the relationship we’ve built over the years, he’s hidden how he truly feels.
I know it’s more than he’s admitting.
