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.

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

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

black, the pupils were blown out making

her, with her scars, baggage, and worthlessness. But in his

more than an

As a human.

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

as your brother?” Jay whispered.

There was nothing brotherly about him at all.

and he cradled

eyes crinkled at

mouth turned up in a knowing grin, she realized that he saw

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

saw it.

rang and the moment was

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

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

moment with him.

thought she’d cooked up the intimate embrace and that

body were coming back to life after years of being dormant.

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

sweep the rubbish next to the garbage can. The garbage truck is coming in a while,” Claire said.

from the memory. “All right,”

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