Claimed By Her Best Friend's Dad by Flora Ferrari

Author:Flora Ferrari
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Jade

I stare at his back, the taut muscles getting even tighter as though any moment he could tear out of his T-shirt. He puts his hands behind his back and lets out a growling sigh, the same way I imagine him doing at business meetings when he wants to let his adversaries know that the shit is about to hit the fan.

I wonder if he’s angry about us not being able to tell Yasmin yet.

I know I took the coward’s way out on that one, but it’s also true that Yasmin hates being interrupted when she’s in Maine and she’d double freak if we intruded for this.

A small voice inside whispers, Yeah, keep giving yourself excuses, Jade.

I push it down and then stand up, walking across the room and standing at the window with Jamie.

He stares down at the city like he owns, it like each building is a piece on the board, and he’s mentally configuring them in the best way he knows how.

I move closer to him – how natural the closeness feels stuns me constantly – and he lifts his arm and wraps it around my shoulders. I cuddle close and savor the warmth of him, the security in his muscular arms, every inch of him ripped and honed and ready to fight off the pain of this world.

Maybe with Jamie, I don’t have to feel self-conscious and inadequate all the time.

But I need to know this man to make that leap, to truly know him, and understanding why he left the mother of his child seems like required freaking knowledge when I’m going to be the next mother of his child.

What if he does the same to me? a small bitter voice taunts within.

“Jamie,” I whisper. “I know this must be hard to talk about. But please tell me.”

He sighs and turns to me, kissing the top of my head in a way that makes me feel like I belong.

“Jade, you need to know something. I’ll always remain loyal to you. I’ll never cheat on you. I’d die before I even considered it. I’d die before I even looked at another woman. I’d kill any man who tried to take you away from me. You need to know that … okay?”

A shiver moves through me.

Is he saying this because he cheated on her?

The thought makes me want to run into my bedroom and slam the door, sit down in front of my laptop, and type until my fingers ache and pulse and the skin on them becomes raw and I don’t have to entertain such evil thoughts.

“What happened, Jamie?” I murmur, my voice strained as I force the question out.

Jamie sighs, a rumble beneath the noise like he’s a silverback gorilla getting ready to dominate his territory. Everything about him is taut and ready to explode.

Even his arm around my shoulder tightens, as though he wants to pull me into him and never let go.

“Yasmin’s mother didn’t want to live a traditional life,” he says. “It might be my fault because I never felt for her the way I feel for you.

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