REID POV
“Hey there, you,” Taryn says as she walks up to me on the training field at Crescent Lake with a smile on her face.
I pull her into a hug, no longer worried about who is watching or what they think.
She is my girl.
And soon she’ll know the full extent of the truth of those words. I can’t keep it from her anymore. Not after our moment in the bar over the weekend. Not after I promised her I was all in.
I need her help, too. I tried to figure it out all on my own, but that isn’t working. And while I could ask others for help — Wesley or even Sebastian — I should tell her the truth before I tell anyone else. I owe her that.
But I’m waiting until after her challenge tomorrow. She needs to focus on that, and my confession will just be a distraction.
She takes in a deep breath and
