Forever's Promises (Forever In Luck Series Book 1) by J. Darling Page A

someway. She headed towards the school, and he followed along.
Leaning on his Army training, the best he could come up with was evade and
capture. Once at the school, she turned toward the playground and sat on the
jungle gym. He climbed up next to her. She immediately got up and climbed down,
then went to sit on one of the slides. He followed, and sat on the other slide
facing her. She got up and headed for the merry-go-round. Hmmm, he was on to
her, and he’d just figured out his master plan. Now, he just needed to keep her
going till she came to the right piece of equipment. They kept it up, until finally,
he had her where he wanted her. If she thought this would stop him, she had another
thing coming.
    Feigning
acquiescence, he began to walk away. When he’d gone far enough, he turned and
ran towards her, as she sat on the swing, slowly going back and forth. To her
surprise, he pushed her far and shoved her high, as he ran under her. Screaming
from fright, she clutched the chains. Running alongside her as the swing swung
back, he watched her go up high. Turning, he followed her as she came down. Then
running with her, he pushed her farther and shoved her harder, as he ran under
her again. She was light as a feather and flying. Not wanting her to jump off
that swing, he stood in front of her, watching as she went back and forth. When
she began to slow down, he ran alongside her, turned, waited, then pushed and
shoved her again, as he ran under her. She wasn’t coming down till she listened
to him. He prepared to run with her again.
    “Let
me down,” she ordered.
    “No.”
    “Nate.
Let. Me. Down!” she demanded.
    “No,”
he responded, just as determined. Running with her again, he turned, waited for
her to come down, then pushed and shoved her hard as he ran under her.
    “Naaate!”
she yelled, glaring at him as she went back and forth.
    Standing
in front of her, he shook his head in response. “Not till you listen to me.”
    “Stop
it!”
    She
was getting pissed, he could tell. “No,” he responded calmly, while taking an
avid interest in his fingernails.
    “Nate,
I’m not kidding! Let me down!” she demanded.
    Unaffected,
he answered, “Aaahaaa, right. Ready to listen?” He prepared to run with her
again.
    “NATE!”
she screamed.
    Running
with her, he said, “Yesss, Linnea?”
    She
squealed when he pushed and shoved her higher. He’d given it his all. “I hate
you! I really do!”
    He
expected that. Good, now that she said it, they could move past it. “Ohhh
really? Well, I love you,” he responded amused.
    She
sure didn’t like that. “Let me down, right now!” she snapped and growled, each
word going off like a firecracker.
    “You
going to listen?”
    “Sure.
Fine. I’ll listen,” she relented, calmly.
    He
had to chuckle. What kind of fool did she think he was? Shaking his head at
what a horrible liar she was, he stepped into position. Well, she’d seen
nothing yet. He wasn’t done with her. She was going to listen to him.
    Watching
as she slowed, he waited till the time was right, then he ran alongside her. Except
he didn’t turn to go behind her as he’d done all the other times. No, instead
he stepped right in front of her. Screaming for him to move, as it became
apparent she was heading straight towards him, he reached out and caught her by
the knees on the down swing, his arms bending at the elbows absorbing the
momentum. Then straightening his arms on the recoil, he held her up high,
suspending her in the air above him. Nothing but the seat of the swing, and the
palms of his hands, kept her from falling. Waiting and watching as she looked around
taking everything in, shocked at her predicament, she openly looked at him. There
it was, he’d seen that look before, he’d caught her, and she was paying
attention.
    “I
love you, Linnie. I always have. There’s never been another for me. It’s always
been you. I never slept with Naomi. I didn’t know enough back then to deny