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.

in her body was rushing to her head. When Jay was this close to her,

wrapped around her was strong. She could feel the thick muscles that

were blown out making her wonder what could

and worthlessness. But in

more than

As a human.

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

as your brother?” Jay whispered.

was nothing brotherly

big body was strong and he cradled her like

his face. When his dark eyes crinkled at the

knowing grin, she realized that he saw straight through

him. The way a woman

he saw

phone rang and the

she’d been saved by the bell, so to speak.

wasn’t sure how she felt about

moment with him.

cooked up the intimate embrace and that she was reading too

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

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

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

like that, she was jolted from

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