Her Touch

He'll work out with me, or he'll let me watch him work out, but he doesn't share

ll ever real

s hand comes up, pressing down on mine, covering his sca

drops his hand away from me instantly. He gets to his feet, and the moment is broken.

good," E

it. I get to my feet next to him, but he steps aw

heard more than I care to from women about how attractive he is. People are often shocked he can even be my dad because he's only thirty-eight. But he had me young and raised

own, picking up my water bottle u

u off to?

My birthday is around the corne

d the way he's saying it. I haven't worn a dress lately, but that does

I place my water bottle on the b

feelings for Eli that obvious? My cheeks warm. "Bug, I know I said you could date at seventeen, but I was hoping I'

dating is preposterous. Maybe it is to him since he lo

d I wish I could see jealousy there. Instead I know what this is about. I

wonder if she plans on meeting someone at the mall. She has some make-up on, which isn't normal for her, and her hair is down. Not only that, but she's wearing a dress that hugs

nce at the clock over on the wal

fact that Eli is probably stari

ut Marines and me. I dart up the stairs and jump right into the shower. I wash quickly before drying off and going to find something to wear. I dig to the back of my closet and find a cream-co

irror, all too aware that I'm wearin

garage and everyone turns to look at m

cuts in before Alic

can t

er we can stop at the store and get stuff

but I can't. I want to spend as much time with Eli as p

I fake a

other. I can't stop myself from staring at his hard chest. Little marks and scars cover his skin and

talking about? I lost my tr

uff. You got like ten of them in different colors." He pi

rdi

hat's what