Chapter 1921 A Wild Secret Place:>Ep2

• Maybe it was the morning light dancing through her hair as she walked down the driveway towards him. Maybe it was the freshness of her smile, or the life and warmth in her eyes. All in a flood, the thoughts he had successfully suppressed before came rushing back. The wave washed straight through his brain and broke right in the middle of his chest.
• When she was all dressed up at that "celebration" he had seen she might reasonably be called beautiful, at least by some, but that was nothing compared to this. This was something else. Not an ounce of makeup, her hair casually falling around the gathered up folds of a hoodie, relaxed and natural, with a smile that could make your day all by itself, Summer struck him in an instant as the exact kind of girl he had always wanted, yet never had.
• Summer noticed the effect she had on him. She tried not to think too much on it, taking his momentarily stunned reaction as merely the sincerest form of compliment. She didn't really like it when men, especially older men, told her she was beautiful. It didn't happen to her all that often, but it wasn't all bad, unless it seemed like the guy just wanted to get into her pants. This, however, was the best kind of compliment. Mark didn't say a word. She knew he sincerely and respectfully really admired the way she looked. His face said it all.