Affection filled her voice. “He is. But you still haven’t answered my question about being a SEAL. Did you know from the start you wanted to go that route?”
No.“Yep.”
“Okay. Let’s see. What else?” She thought for a moment. “Oh, I know. Have you ever been married?”
His chest tightened. “Nope.”
Her line of questioning was creeping into dangerous territory and needed to be derailed before he said shit he had no business sharing.
“Girlfriend?”
Let’s see how well she does when the table is turned.
With a cocky brow, he looked over at her. “You asking out of curiosity or personal interest?”
Grant damn near did smile when he saw the dark blush creep into her neck and cheeks.
Score one for the bodyguard.
Laughing it off nervously, she shook her head. “You wish.”
“What about you?” he continued his attempts to thwart her interrogation. “Ever been married?”
“Came close once, but no.”
Grant didn’t care for the change in her tone. “What happened?”
She paused, her eyes skittering to his. “You really want to know?”
Actually, he did. “Wouldn’t have asked, otherwise.”
Biting her bottom lip—something she really shouldn’t do around him—Brynnon took a deep breath and blew it out.
“Growing up with money has its perks, but it also has a lot of downsides. Stuff people don’t think about.”
“Such as?”
“My dad’s construction company took off my freshman year of high school. Not long after, boys started noticing me. I thought it was because they liked me, you know? But it wasn’t. They liked my money...or, rather, myparents’money. They’d stick around long enough to be invited to dinner or outings on the boat. Things like that.” She smiled sadly. “I always seemed to get especially popular around Christmas time.”
“They were using you.” The thought pissed him the hell off.
She nodded. “I finally wizened up and quit dating altogether. I didn’t even go to prom.”
Grant schooled his expression as he realized they had more in common than he’d initially thought.
“And after high school?”
Brynnon shrugged. “I focused on my college classes. Made it to my junior year before I fell for a guy again.”
“Must have been pretty serious if you were going to marry him.”
Grant was hit with a sudden wave of jealousy. It spiraled through his system at the thought of her wearing another man’s ring, making him want to find the bastard and beat the shit out of him.
What. The. Fuck?
“It was.” Her sweet voice broke through his shocking thoughts. “At least, I thought so.” Looking down at her lap, she shook her head. “I still can’t believe what an idiot I was.”
He didn’t like the sound of that. “What makes you think you’re the idiot?”
