Second Chance Summer (Chance Series, #1) Read Online Free PDF

me.” He scales down the tree, crosses my yard, and looks up at me on the porch. “Won’t you, Kia?”
    “For some reason.” I jump off the porch onto the grass next to him and walk toward the truck. I can feel his eyes on me as I walk, and I bet it’s not because I have a tag poking out of my shirt. “Reese?” I cough out his name and pause. His eyes flick up to mine, and I raise an eyebrow.
    “Yeah?”
    “Are you coming?”
    “Just enjoying the view.”
    I roll my eyes and start walking again. Reese’s feet pad against the ground as he jogs to catch me up and he beats me to the truck door. He opens it and puts his hands on my waist, hoisting me up into it. Shivers snake across my skin under his touch, and I bite the inside of my lip.
    “Thanks,” I say softly.
    “Anytime.” He shuts the door behind me and walks around, jumping in next to me. I avoid looking at him as he starts the truck up, instead watching the Grove go by.
    “Where are we going?”
    “I thought we could go to the lake. You know it’s on our property, and no one will see us there,” he answers. “If you want to, I mean.”
    “That sounds good.” I look over at him and smile a little. His own lips twitch in response, and I tuck a wayward lock of hair behind my ear. His eyes flick toward my movement, and he fiddles with the radio for a second before gripping the steering wheel tighter.
    I flick my glasses back down over my eyes and hide behind the darkness of them. His knuckles are almost white, and his hands are as weathered and rough-looking as they always have been. I drop my eyes to my lap before I think things I have no place thinking.
    I’ve only been to the lake behind Reese’s house a few times, mostly for parties in senior year, a few alone times. If Hana is as bad as Luce said, it’s best no one sees us together. After all, everyone knows what happened between us last summer and nothing stays a secret in this town for long. If someone saw us alone, rumors would fly.
    So the lake is the perfect place to catch up. It’s secluded by trees, and no one goes there unless he or his family okay it.
    We pull up at the side of his house on a beaten track, and I get out before he can help me. I pull my shoes off and let the grass tickle my toes as I walk toward the large, clear lake.
    I sit at the base of a tree and stretch my legs out, letting the red hot sun hit them. The only thing Alabama has on New York is the summer and the ability to get a decent natural tan.
    “Comfy?” Reese smirks.
    I look up into his warm, hazel eyes, and wriggle a little. “Now I am.”
    “Great.” He laughs, sitting next to me. He hooks his arms around his knees, his biceps tensing. I tear my eyes from his body and focus on the sun glinting off the lake.
    “So tell me about Hana,” I begin.
    “You don’t really wanna hear about her.”
    He’s right. I don’t, but I’m too nosy not to ask anything.
    “No, I do. Does she really have her friends watching you?”
    “Probably.” He laughs again. The rich sound wraps around me, and I relax, leaning my head back on the trunk behind me. “She’s in Europe right now with Daddy. She comes back a week or so before school starts back up, and call me an ass, but it’s kind of nice not to have her voice bleating at me every ten damn seconds.”
    “Ass.” I smirk.
    He winks.
    “So why are you with her? Sorry, not with her. You don’t seem to like her much. I mean; that’s what I’ve been told,” I add.
    “By Luce,” he guesses. “Damn! That girl is in Vegas at least nine months a year and still knows all my shit.” He shakes his head, chuckling. “I don’t like her that much. She’s just kinda… There.”
    “But why is she?” I push, kinda amused. “Why would you be with someone you don’t want to be with? I don’t get it.”
    Reese’s head rests back against the tree next to mine, and he turns his face toward me, leaving our noses inches apart. “Because,” he says softly.