14 Holden reached for her hand as they walked out of the restaurant. Mackenzie smiled to herself. She couldn’t think of the last time she was on a date with a man. A real man. Her ex-boyfriend was barely old enough to drink when they dated, just like Mackenzie. It was more of a friend she had s*x with sometimes. They were college students, and a date night was dinner at the student union with their meal plans and a free movie on campus, or drinking with the rest of their friends. It wasn’t a nice dinner out where he held her hand or held the door. But Holden did both. He checked in with Mackenzie throughout the night and barely stopped touching her. So much that by the time they made it to his Jeep, Mackenzie was wound up tight and in need of a release. Holden opened the door for her an

