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.

to her head. When Jay

strong. She could feel the thick muscles that he held in check.

making her wonder what

But in his arms, she

something more than

As a human.

… woman.

suspended in his arms as her gaze darted between

see me as your brother?” Jay whispered.

was nothing brotherly about him

he cradled her like she was something

face. When his dark eyes crinkled at the corners and

turned up in a knowing grin, she realized that he saw straight through her.

attracted to him. The way a woman wanted a man.

saw it.

phone rang and the moment

by the bell, so to

wasn’t sure how she felt about the whole ‘near kiss’

moment with him.

cooked up the intimate embrace and that she was reading too

Like her mind and body were coming back to life after years of being dormant.

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

can. The garbage

just like that, she was jolted from the memory.

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