Riley didn’t know what she’d expected from asking for a clean slate. To feel better, somehow. More at ease with the situation and with him. Maybe even for both of them to pretend they’d never met and were on an actual first date.
But she didn’t feel better. After finally finding out what drove Liam into the Marines in the first place, she felt like even more of a b***h than she already had. Add to that the nerves that kept jumping every time he laid his hand over hers, and it was a wonder she managed to get out coherent sentences.
He wasn’t looking at her like a victim, and she was grateful. But he wasn’t looking at her like a date either. That hadn’t really been the point of tonight. The whole distract him with s*x appeal plan had flown out the window when he brought up the past straigh
