“Out of town.” He lifted one eyebrow at the coy response, and a warmth spilled across her chest. This was fun.
“Would you like to join us?” He nodded his head toward his friends. “We’ve just written our final exams—” A dull roar filled her ears, and her face must have fallen, because he leaned in and touched her forearm. “You okay?”
“Exams?” Her voice came out as a squeak. Holy shit, he was a college student. An incredibly mature, sexy, masculine…kid. She narrowed her eyes at him, then glanced over to his friends. None of them looked like teenagers. Maybe they were grad students. But still.
“Business school. Two years of grueling hell completed. We’re heading up to Koreatown next for some karaoke.”
Business school. Not babies, just…younger than her. A fun kind of young. Yeah, she could still do this. “Sounds intriguing.”
He laughed at the obvious doubt in her voice. “It is, I promise.”
Something about the dip in his voice, the private pause, made her come undone, and the giggle snuck out, followed by another. He raised his eyebrows, but he didn’t seem concerned by her bizarre behaviour, just amused. “And just how can I trust your judgment on such matters?”
He leaned in close enough for his cologne to faintly imprint on her senses. He smelled yummy and expensive and not really too young at all. She was clearly drunk, which would explain why she licked her lips and tilted her head just so, a move he definitely didn’t miss. He paused a few inches away from her face, naked appreciation zinging between them, then shifted his approach and brushed his lips against her ear. “Come with us, I’ll sing you a song.”
“Okay, that definitely sounded practiced,” she breathed.
“I promise, I’ve never invited a woman to karaoke before.” He pulled back just enough to ease out of her personal space, but his hand lingered on the back of her upper arm, and she was painfully aware of his fingertips brushing the side of her bra. Which didn’t match her panties. Which shouldn’t matter, but she had a sneaky suspicion if she accepted the invitation, it just might.
“My choice?” Evie’s voice wavered as she realized she was seriously considering karaoke—and whatever else Liam was offering.
“For you, Evie, I’d sing just about anything.” He chuckled and eased himself back against the bar.
She wobbled on her stool and took a steading breath. She needed a second to think this through…
“Tell you what.” He glanced at his watch, a shiny thing that looked expensive and functional at the same time. “I’m going to get another round of drinks for my colleagues, so you’ve got some time to make up your mind. Finish your bellini and come up with a short list of tragic song choices.”
“I might just head up to my room for a minute and change,” she whispered. He glanced down at her skirt with appreciation, and she flushed.
“I hope you come back down.” He brushed his fingertips over her knuckles as he stepped away from the bar, breaking that contact only when his body carried him too far away. “We’re going to have fun tonight.”
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About the Author
Zoe York lives in London, Ontario with her young family. She has an English degree and works at a university, so it was probably a foregone conclusion that she’d write a romance novel one day. She’s currently chugging Americanos, wiping sticky fingers, and dreaming of heroes in and out of uniform.
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Other Books by Zoe York:
The Wardham Series
Between Then and Now
What Once Was Perfect
Where Their Hearts Collide
When They Weren’t Looking
Beyond Love and Hate (novella, June 2014)
Camo Cay Series
Fall Out (in the SEALs of Summer box set)
Fall In (late summer 2014)
Boxed Sets and Anthologies
Shades of Pink
Love for the Holidays
Welcome to Wardham
SEALs of Summer (coming April 2014)
Copyright © 2014 Zoe York
All rights reserved.
ISBN-13:978-0-9936675-4-1
ISBN-10:0-9936675-4-6
Contents
Title Page
About This Bundle
Between Then and Now, Wardham Novella #0.5
DEDICATION
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Epilogue
What Once Was Perfect, Wardham Book #1
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Epilogue
Where Their Hearts Collide, Wardham #2
DEDICATION
Chapter One
Chapter two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty Two
Epilogue
AMAZON Letter to the reader from Zoe York
About the Author