Tangled Love

CHAPTER 70

I felt warm lips meet with my forehead and stirred in my sleep, feeling extremely uncomfortable. My back ached from the position I was in and I groaned quietly opening one eye. The room was dark and it took me a few seconds to register I was in the living room. Jake was sprawled out on the couch, his hair a total mess.

I jumped off the arm chair and felt my legs wobble a little from my sudden movement.

“Careful, Muffin.” Jake chuckles quietly. I narrow my eye's at him and sit back down on the arm chair, my body protests in pain.

"Where did you go, Jake?" I ask, groaning from the slightest movement.

"Here and there," Jake replies vaguely, sitting up. He stretches his arms out and places them behind his head casually. I glare at him and he holds his hands up in surrender —

"I had a work thing with a few buddies, okay?"

eyebrows raised and he sat up straighter, intrigued. "The police?

mum gave us an

couch, staring up at the ceiling. He let out a low

going to pay for that tomorrow but damn, she's a

His scent was like a comfort

he whispers gratefully and I mumble a response, letting him know it's okay.

few weeks have been a complete rollercoaster but something tells me the ride isn't over

"Jake?"

"Yeah Emily?"

who chased me in the park is the police officer who showed up

"Really?" Jake asks his brows shooting up. I nod

shifting uncomfortably on Jake's lap. He pauses, freezing underneath me. I feel his warm fingers grasp hold of my

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