14|Nice and Naughty

~Benny~

Kai smiled down at me, sadness enveloping his eyes as memories flooded his thoughts. “It’s all in the past,” he said, looking straight at the ceiling. “We all go through challenges in life that change our perspective. After she died, I searched for the truth behind that mission. I found out that the man we rescued wasn’t a businessman but an agent of the CIA black ops. The government used our team because we were dispensable. They don’t value our lives.”

“Kai…” I whispered, feeling his resentment.

He glanced at me. “It’s okay to be mad, Benny.” My name rolled off his tongue like honey. “But don’t let the pain rule your life.”

Somehow, his words seemed to touch me where no one had ever done before.

I stared at my hand on his chest. “I… I don’t know how not to be mad at the world, Kai.”

Rough fingers skimmed my chin, forcing me to look into those tantalizing gray eyes. “You’ll find a way,” he said and the surprising part was, I believe him.

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Like Kai said, Skipper, the