I let out a happy sigh as I looked around. We had lots of food, enough for all of the passengers. Just then, my gaze landed on Jack. He stood at the corner of the table, talking with my brothers Wyatt, Griffin, and Adam.
“Great,” I thought to myself.
I didn’t realize I’d spoken aloud until Quinn asked, “Great, what? By the way, what’s with your eye?”
I grimaced. “I ran into the door when someone was coming out of their room. That guy right over there.” I gestured toward Jack.
Quinn glanced over. “Oh. Well, if you’re going to run into someone opening the door, it might as well be him. He’s pretty easy on the eyes,” she said just as Kenan stopped at her side, glancing over in that direction.
“Who is that guy?” he asked. “Rhys said he had something to do with your black eye.”
“Oh my God,” I ground out. “He was coming out of his room. I was looking at my phone, making sure everybody was coming on time, and I ran into the door with my face.”
Kenan burst out laughing. I couldn’t help but laugh myself. “It’s getting pretty purple.” He gestured toward my eye.
“It’s fine. It doesn’t even hurt anymore.” I lifted my hand, gently tapping my fingertips over the surface. It was a little sore, but it really wasn’t bad. “I’ll be back. I’m going to take a look at it and change.”
I hurried down the hallway into my room to change out of my dress into something more comfortable. A few minutes later, I studied myself in the mirror. My eye wasn’t that bad, but the skin around it was turning purple. Oh well, oh hell. The wedding was a success, and I had a story.
I exited my room, only to almost collide with Jack walking down the hallway.
He glanced down at me, his gaze holding mine instantly. “Beautiful wedding. Your eye doesn’t look too bad.”
I shrugged, feeling the heat rise in my cheeks. “I have a black eye, and it’s nobody’s fault but my own.”
“I do feel partially responsible. If I hadn’t opened that door right then, you wouldn’t have run into it.”
I shrugged. “It’s okay. Well, I’m sure I’ll see you on the ferry again. It’s a three-day trip.”
“I think I’ve met your whole family now. You have a big family.”
I laughed softly. “There are seven of us, and that’s not counting my mom.”
“You’re all from Fireweed Harbor, I gather?” he prompted.
“We sure are. What brought you to town for a visit?”
“I’m moving there. I’ll probably see you once I move.”
I had no idea what I said after that. At some point, Jack kept walking down the hallway. He was the first man who’d ever muddled my thoughts like that.
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Up next in the Fireweed Harbor Series is One More Time.
McKenna ends up with a black eye when she meets Jack. Sort of, but not really, his fault.
Black eye aside, the earth shakes when she meets him. But McKenna only believes in love for other people. Unlucky might as well be her middle name.
Jack doesn’t care about luck and he’s a breath-stealing, swoony hotshot firefighter. He can’t forget McKenna, although she makes him forget plenty of other things.
