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 head. When Jay was this close to her,

was strong. She could feel the

eyes were nearly black, the pupils were blown out making her wonder what could affect a man like this.

not her, with her scars, baggage, and worthlessness. But in his arms, she didn’t feel so insignificant. She felt

something more than an

As a human.

a …

suspended in his arms as her gaze darted between his eyes and mouth.

your brother?”

nothing brotherly about him at

strong and he cradled her like she

his dark eyes

knowing grin, she realized that he saw straight through her.

was attracted to him. The way

he saw

and the moment

by

sure how she felt about the whole

moment with him.

she’d cooked up the intimate embrace and that she was reading

half of her felt… alive. Like her mind and body were coming back to life after years of

probably just his good looks. He was so attractive that she’d have to be

next to the garbage can. The garbage truck

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

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