For Hope by Jeannette Winters

Author:Jeannette Winters [Winters, Jeannette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, fiction
Publisher: Jeannette Winters
Published: 2018-04-29T04:00:00+00:00

That wasn’t the welcome David had anticipated, but he sure as hell didn’t mind it. For a woman who’d gone through so much effort to avoid him, Jada was holding him so tight he could almost believe he wasn’t quite so hated after all. But David had come to that conclusion before Jada threw herself into his arms. That didn’t change anything. Things between them were complex. And this? It can’t happen.

He needed to tell her about Peckham, but that conversation wouldn’t happen the way they were holding each other. How long has it been since I’ve held a woman in my arms like this? It feels too good, but I can’t keep her here. Reluctantly he reached up and pulled her arms from around his neck. He could see the look of shock and disappointment in her eyes. David knew her emotions would be running high. Since she wasn’t surprised to see him, Paul must’ve told her he was here, and why. But David needed to tell her himself. He didn’t know why, but just walking out of her life didn’t feel right. I did what I was asked to do, but it doesn’t feel finished.

“Jada, I’m here so we can talk,” he said, his voice filled with the control he was known for. It lacked emotion.

Jada blinked, looking confused even though the words were clear. Eventually, she stepped away from him. He had her attention, but David felt like shit.

“You’re right. I have questions,” Jada said, as she stomped away and sat in a chair by the fireplace.

Her entire demeanor had changed, and David knew he was the cause. He could live with that if it meant he could make Jada understand that Dennis Peckham was only one man, but the world was full of people like him. If I have my choice between your warmth and your safety, I want you safe.

David picked up the discarded pizza and tossed it on the kitchen counter. He knew Jada wouldn’t eat it, given her job, but he’d thought perhaps Paul would still be up to eat. It didn’t matter. What mattered was the woman in front of him. She wasn’t made of steel, but he could see her fortifying herself as he walked over and took the chair across from hers. He didn’t know what Paul had told her, and the details about Peckham were insignificant in what he wanted to say. David needed to make Jada understand this type of threat would never go away. It was a horrible reality, one he dealt with every day in the military, as well as now in the private sector.

“The immediate threat to your life has been eliminated. But you’re not out of danger, Jada. You never will be.” David knew he was being overdramatic but that was how he felt. He knew Jada was going to go right back into the spotlight, and there was nothing he could do about it.

“I thought you turned him over to the FBI?”

“Jada, you don’t have to worry about Dennis Peckham any longer.

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