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“WAIT UP!” MARK HURRIED down the path to the parking lot, pulling the family’s wheeled cooler behind him. Rose was disappearing up the path, much more sober than he was. She was hardly weaving at all, whereas he found the gentle undulation of the dirt trail underfoot to take enormous concentration.
Not even sparing a glance over her shoulder, Rose walked faster.
All right, it didn’t take a high emotional IQ to see she was upset.
“Rose, please.” He picked up his pace, ignored the way the cooler wobbled sideways off its wheels and dragged on the ground. “Rose!”
She did stop then, but didn’t turn. Her shoulders were rigid, her hands balled into fists.
Taken aback, he stopped several feet away, let the handle to the cooler slip out of his fingers.
Had Liam said something to her? He’d agonized during the picnic about taking her aside to warn her about his overprotective brother, but figured her cheerful ignorance was a better smokescreen. He’d been relieved when she seemed to take his cue a...nd not act overtly familiar with him in front of his family.MoreLess
Not even sparing a glance over her shoulder, Rose walked faster.
All right, it didn’t take a high emotional IQ to see she was upset.
“Rose, please.” He picked up his pace, ignored the way the cooler wobbled sideways off its wheels and dragged on the ground. “Rose!”
She did stop then, but didn’t turn. Her shoulders were rigid, her hands balled into fists.
Taken aback, he stopped several feet away, let the handle to the cooler slip out of his fingers.
Had Liam said something to her? He’d agonized during the picnic about taking her aside to warn her about his overprotective brother, but figured her cheerful ignorance was a better smokescreen. He’d been relieved when she seemed to take his cue a...nd not act overtly familiar with him in front of his family.MoreLess
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