A Right to Love: Romantic Spinoff From The Adventures of Xavier & Vic Book 2.5 by O'Connor Liza

Author:O'Connor, Liza [O'Connor, Liza]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: New Authors Online
Published: 2014-11-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Alice woke with her head on Jacko’s chest and his arm firmly around her. She had never felt safer or happier in her life.

“Finally, she wakes,” Jacko teased.

She looked up and smiled at him. “What time is it?”

Jacko stared at the curtained window. “Hard to say with the curtain closed, but given everyone else is up, I would guess eight or nine.”

“Well, that is not very late, given we went to bed around five.”

“And to sleep around seven,” Jacko added. “Nonetheless, we should rise and announce our plans to marry before much longer. I would not wish any of those who love you to think this was something other than the purest of love.”

Alice sighed and slipped out of bed. She felt naked and exposed until Jacko got out of bed in his masculine splendor. All she felt then was great need to return to lovemaking. “You are so beautiful.”

Jacko playfully scowled. “A man does not want to be called beautiful.” He gathered her into his arm so his manhood pressed upon her stomach. “Shall I call you deliciously handsome in return?”

She laughed softly, leaned down and tasted his nipple.

He stepped back. “Let us speak to your mother before we continue this intriguing discussion.”

Alice studied him a long moment, sighed heavily, and then smiled. “While I would prefer remaining in here for a few more hours, I will concede to your determination to do the proper thing.”

***

When Alice bent over to retrieve her gown, Jacko’s joy disappeared. The scars of her back whitened as her skin stretched, making their number and severity all too apparent. He had never enjoyed killing a man, but the man who did this to such an angel—Jacko would take great pleasure tormenting the bastard to a slow death.

He tore his gaze away and concentrated on dressing. Rage coursed through his veins, he kept his face averted until she left the room. He would not have Alice mistaking his anger for repulsion. Scars did not bother him. However, his hatred of Mr. Carson was the strongest he had ever felt. The bastard had treated her like an animal, and tried his hardest to break her beautiful spirit. Jacko would see justice served.

He had just finished dressing when a light knock sounded on the door. He could not believe that Alice could dress faster than him. He opened the door, expecting his beloved, to find a very solemn butler. “Mrs. Collins would like to see you in library at once, sir.”

He nodded and followed Thomas downstairs. He had hoped to approach Mrs. Collins without a summons. Now he must begin his request for marriage at the worst of positions, a man called down for defiling her daughter. The unfamiliar claws of fear gripped his heart. The butler opened the library door and waited from him to enter.

Once he stepped into the library, the door closed behind him. And if his ear did not deceive, he heard the tumbling of a lock, as well.

“Please sit down, Jacko,” Mrs.

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