The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0106

Rik picks me up, right on time. I head out to meet him and he seems perturbed, jogging up to me and taking my bag. He kisses me on the nose and I blush.

Romantic Rik is bewitching.

He opens the door for me. Ok, I can totally get into Gentleman Rik as well. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t like the attention.

As we head out, he reminds me to ask my question. I don’t know why it’s important to me that he joins me when I visit my mom, but I want him to say yes. My desire for him to join me only makes me feel insecure in asking him, so I start off by telling him he can say no. I swear I hear him scoff.

I get so nervous, I can’t get the words out. I’m rubbing my hands together, looking out the window, trying to find the words, when I feel his hand on mine. I look up at him and he’s got me locked in his intense gaze. Without thinking, I ask

him.

repeats it back to me, like he can’t believe I would ask that, I hear how dumb it sounds and immediately start backpedaling,

he’ll come with me, I feel relief, until he adds the

are focused on training and studies. You see where I’m going? There has never been room for dating in my life. Ever. The most I’ve ever done over the last year, is go dancing on Friday nights and more recently Liam would drive me home. Sometimes we’d stop for food, like the

realizes he’s wasting his time on me. He says it’s not as his girlfriend and he just wants to go to dinner. I

can’t be that hard.‘ Artemis pipes in and makes up my mind. When I say yes, I get Rik’s mega–watt

you, and right now, it’s aimed at me. I feel my

to our date, that piece of my heart that already belonged to Rik, got a bit larger. His

to be his girlfriend, but I really like this side of Rik. He doesn’t care who sees us. He

the same. He walks me to all my classes, sneaking in kisses

with Lacey. Her icy exterior doesn’t seem to have thawed overnight and I swear it’s only making Chase try

and it only takes him a second to respond. Before I know it, I’m pushed against the wall beside

kiss.