Chapter 31

Jason’s body tensed slightly but he did not resist. He lay his head on her shoulder and felt her smell enveloping him.

Her scent with its faint fragrance inexplicably gave him a feeling

of contentment.

It was as if being by her side allowed him to relax completely.

“Jay, didn’t you say that you would never abandon me? I vow the same, I will never abandon you. No matter what happens in the future, I will stay by your side.”

Her voice was a whisper in his ear.

“Would you really stay by my side no matter what happened?” he mumbled.

“Of course,” she replied matter-of-factly.

“Won’t you be scared of me?” he asked.

She chuckled lightly. “Why would I be scared of you? My Jay…” She leaned back to smile at him.

My Jay… there she went again with that wording. Like he belonged to her. Oh, he wasn’t averse to hearing it. He might even be happy about it.

But right now he was thinking too much and when he raised his head suddenly their faces were only inches apart. The tips of their noses were almost touching.

And he stopped thinking entirely.

Her face flushed red, and when she instinctively backed up, he looped his arm around her waist, stopping her from moving

away.

was rushing to her

feel the thick muscles that he held in

the pupils were blown out making her wonder what could affect a

baggage, and worthlessness. But in his arms, she didn’t feel so

something more than an ex-con.

As a human.

in his arms as her gaze darted between

your brother?”

There was nothing brotherly about him at

strong and he cradled her like she

his face. When his dark eyes crinkled at the

she realized that he saw straight

way a woman wanted a

he saw it.

and the moment

by the bell, so

how she felt about the

moment with him.

the intimate embrace

and body were coming back to life after years

his good looks. He was so attractive that she’d have to be dead to not respond to him in

next to the garbage can. The garbage truck is coming in a

was jolted from the memory.

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