Kendra’s POV
“It’s time to go, Kendra,” Scott said flatly.
Before I could ask anything, his hand clamped around my arm. I was already being led away from the stall. He didn’t look at the stable boy again. He didn’t give me a chance to speak either. I felt the press of his grip through my sleeve as he marched me back to the car. The door was open before I reached it. I got in without resistance.
Once he started the engine, his voice came again.
“Remember that in a few days, you have to go to Conan’s house,” he said.
That was all.
Neither of us mentioned what almost happened in the barn. The kiss that nearly landed. The heat that still curled beneath my skin. It was as if that moment had been locked in the silence between us and neither of us wanted to touch it.
A Few Days Later
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