He shrugged. “I just got the feeling since we reconnected that you’d rather be with anyone else but me.”
“No, that’s not it.” She paused while she tried to think of how to explain what she was feeling. But then, she really couldn’t tell him, could she? Not unless she wanted to tell him about her promise to Jada and go against her best friend’s wishes. Which she would never do. Ever.
Jada had been with her through thick and thin. Through the rough times with her parents. The way they ignored her, and she’d wondered at times why she’d ever been born. Then, when she escaped her family and went off to college, she thought things would be easier, but after the first semester, her mother didn’t approve of the field of study Kinsley had gone into and cut off all money for her education.
Jada was there for her. Working late into the night helping Kinsley fill out scholarship applications. Helping her apply to different colleges that offered her major and could perhaps provide funding for her. Hours and hours they’d spent in front of a computer until finally she received a full-ride scholarship.
So she not only owed Jada for years of solid friendship, she owed Jada her career.
She opened her mouth to explain to Dev, but Reid poked his head in the front door, taking the attention.
“They’re here,” he said.
Perfect interruption. No need to explain her feelings to Dev. But now? Now she would meet with another team of men who could end up putting their lives on the line for her. She was glad for any help they were willing to provide, of course she was, but her heart sank.
Going against her friend’s wishes would be a heavy weight to carry. But potential death of these fine men? She wasn’t sure if that wasn’t the very weight that would crush her.
