Double Crossed: A Why Choose Military Romance by Adora Crooks

Author:Adora Crooks [Crooks, Adora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-03T16:00:00+00:00

21

KENNEDY

I went to sleep blissfully squished between two strong, loving men.

But when I wake up, I’m alone in the middle of the bed.

There’s no sign of Gabe. I can hear Jack brushing his teeth in the bathroom.

I laze around in bed. I’m completely naked. I slip my hand down my body and between my thighs. I’m still in one piece, but my cunt feels wonderfully sore and stretched from taking the both of them last night.

It was a rush, and I want to feel that way again.

I hear Jack spit and I pull my hand back over the covers before he steps back into the bedroom. Grey sweatpants hang low on his hips. He’s trimmed up his beard to a clean, sharp line along his jaw.

“You’re nice to wake up to,” I tell him.

“Good morning,” he says. But there’s something off in his voice. I can hear it.

I sit up immediately, holding the blanket over my chest for the warmth. “What’s wrong?”

Immediately, my brain goes: last night was too much for him. Too weird. Too kinky. You’ve finally scared him away with your crazy.

Jack sits down beside me on the edge of the bed.

“Last night. You cried. A lot.”

“You say it like it’s a bad thing.”

His lips thin.

To Jack, emotions are a hole in a boat. They need to be plugged or we’ll all drown.

I feel the reflexive, kneejerk kick of anger, but then I realize—

I don’t let Jack see me cry. Not really.

He protects me from guns, violent men, and secret mercenary groups.

I protect him from my tears.

Jack is the kind of guy who, if an onion made me cry, would make it his life’s mission to salt and burn every onion crop. Last time, I let myself be vulnerable around him. It has to be a shock.

“I wanted it,” I reassure him. “I wanted Gabe. I like who we are with him.”

Jack’s expression softens a little.

I take his hand and give it a squeeze. He can be so damn stubborn—but I need him to hear me.

“Last night was real.” My voice is firm when I say it. “It was real to me.”

The color in his eyes shifts.

“Take a knee,” he says. We go into our position, our safe space. Both of us shift to the floor, each on a knee across from each other. The energy shifts between us. Jack cups my face and I feel small in his large hand suddenly, and safe. Those dark eyes look directly into mine. His voice is quieter, like two kids whispering under the blankets on a sleepover.

I take his hand. I squeeze it. “How do you feel about last night? Really.”

I can see him rolling his words around on his tongue. “I enjoyed it.”

“It didn’t feel like it did with Candy.”

“No,” he admits. “It didn’t.”

“With Gabe, there’s…more.”

Silence.

“I want more. And I think you do, too.”

More silence.

“Jack.”

“I’m listening.”

“Well, stop listening and start talking. I feel like I’m going crazy here.”

He swallows and his Adam’s apple bobs like he’s unplugged something in his throat.

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