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

feel the thick muscles

blown out making her wonder what could affect

worthlessness. But in his arms, she didn’t feel so

something more than an

As a human.

… woman.

there, suspended in his arms as her gaze

see me as your

There was nothing brotherly about him at

and he cradled her like she

face. When his dark eyes crinkled at the

turned up in a knowing grin, she realized that he

was attracted to him. The way a woman wanted

saw it.

the moment was

saved by the bell, so to

sure how she felt about the whole ‘near

moment with him.

thought she’d cooked up the intimate embrace and that she was reading too much into it.

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

He was so attractive that she’d have to be dead to not respond to him in some way.

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

that, she was jolted from the memory. “All

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