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.

It felt like all the blood in her body was rushing to her head. When Jay was this close to her, she

was strong. She could feel the

eyes were nearly black, the pupils were blown out making

worthlessness. But in his arms,

more than an ex-con.

As a human.

a … woman.

arms as her gaze darted between his eyes and mouth.

your brother?” Jay whispered.

There was nothing brotherly about him at all.

and he cradled her like she was something precious.

eyes

she realized that he saw straight through her.

to him. The way a woman wanted a man.

saw

phone rang and the

she’d been saved by the bell, so

how she felt about the whole ‘near kiss’

moment with him.

of her thought she’d cooked up the intimate embrace and that she was reading too much

felt… alive. Like her mind and body were coming back

so attractive that she’d have to be dead to not respond to him

can. The garbage truck is coming in a while,” Claire

from the memory. “All right,” Grace said.

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