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.

red, and when she instinctively backed up, he

away.

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

feel the thick muscles that he

making

her scars, baggage, and worthlessness. But in his arms, she didn’t feel

something more than

As a human.

a … woman.

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

your

There was nothing brotherly about

big body was strong and he cradled her like she was something precious.

face. When his dark eyes crinkled

up in a knowing grin, she

The way

he saw it.

and the moment was shattered.

by the

sure how she felt about the whole ‘near kiss’

moment with him.

embrace and that she was reading

body were coming back to life after

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

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

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