But Ferrets Can Never Hurt Me by Nhys Glover

Author:Nhys Glover [Glover, Nhys]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Belisama Press
Published: 2018-12-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Once I’d closed the front door, I leaned against it and closed my eyes. I felt Jake move in to press against me, enclosing me within his arms as he lowered his head to nuzzle my neck. Even though I still had doubts about him—about everyone, if I was honest—my body responded to his. I felt safe for the first time since discovering Mason had betrayed me.

“How are you?” Jake asked into my ear, sending goose-bumps exploding all over my skin.

“Not good. I feel... violated. Mason came into my home, pretending to be someone he wasn’t, pretending to have feelings for me, putting up roadblocks in my path, and placing bugs in my home. He betrayed me in the worst ways. And though he might not have been the one who killed Rex, he knew who did. He was working with that person. It makes me sick...” I heard the sob in my voice before I realised I was crying again.

I was such a watering can.

Jake rubbed his bristly cheek against mine, the soft abrasion pleasantly stimulating. “You threw him out when you started to sense he wasn’t what he seemed. I think that says a lot. He had me fooled.”

I drew back a little. “No, he didn’t. You warned me right from the start what he was doing.”

He let out a disgusted huff that sent more sensations skittering down my neck. “That was all crap. I just said whatever came into my head because I was jealous.”

My heart missed a beat. “Jealous?”

He laughed humourlessly. “Right from the moment I met him. He was everything I’m not, and it was obvious you thought highly of him. He seemed to fancy you too, so aye, I was jealous.”

“I still don’t understand why someone like you would be interested in me. I’m not your type,” I managed to say, wanting to quell my doubts about him, but not quite able to.

Mason’s betrayal had only served to accentuate my insecurities. He’d been more my type and had said he cared about me, but it had all turned out to be a lie. What if Jake’s feelings were a lie too?

He trailed a gentle kiss across my cheek. “You aren’t my type. That’s how you got under my guard.”

“I’m fat. A big posh cow, remember?”

He groaned. “Am I never going to live that down? I was talkin’ to my boss, who thought I was shackin’ up with you. I had to put him off your trail. I didn’t mean it. I told you I didn’t mean it.”

He had. But it still stung.

“The night I put you to bed. Sunday, wasn’t it? The days are all drifting into each other. I looked down at your curvy near-naked body and wondered how I’d ever thought you were over-weight. I blame it on your clothes. Baggy stuff like this hides the curves, making you look like a solid block. But with your narrow waist, you actually have an hourglass figure.”

His hands were on that waist now, running up and down it, not quite touching the underside of my breasts, but coming close.

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