Jaguar On My Mind: Book Two - Bridenapping Jaguars by E A Price

Author:E A Price [Price, E A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-18T18:30:00+00:00

Fifteen

“There you are!”

Mary yelped, and Tomas hauled her behind him in an instant. He started growling before he stopped and grunted.

“Mama.”

Mama? Mary tried to peer around his wide frame. She found an older pregnant woman. Her eyes held heavy bags under them, and she had a few wisps of silver hair, but even tired she was pretty.

On reflection, Mary probably shouldn’t have yelped, but the woman was suddenly there when Mary set foot outside the library, and Mary was naturally jumpy.

“Hello,” said the woman, also trying to peer around Tomas.

They managed to miss each other as they each tried peering around different sides of him until the woman sighed and asked Tomas to move. He growled again but did.

The woman beamed. “I’m Tomas’ mother, Julia. You must be Mary.”

“Uh, yes.”

“Well, it’s about time I got to meet you.”

“Mama,” grumbled Tomas.

“It’s ridiculous that we haven’t spent any time together yet.”

“Mama.”

“You must come and eat all your meals with us.”

“Mama.”

“In fact, why not move in with us?” She lit up with excitement. “We can make room. That way you can spend all your time with me.”

“Mama. Enough!” Tomas looked like he was about to explode.

Julia pursed her lips. “Well at least come for lunch today.”

“We’ll see,” muttered Tomas, though without much conviction.

His mother gave him a wounded look. “It was nice to meet you, Mary,” she said before waddling away.

Mary looked at him uncertainly. Why wouldn’t he want her to meet his mother? Oh – was he ashamed of her? Which her did she mean?

“Let’s continue the tour,” he said gruffly, clearly annoyed at his mother.

She nodded, and they continued, both a little less happy than before.

*

“We could go for lunch in town.”

Mary blinked at him. “I thought…”

He didn’t want her to meet his family. But why? His mother seemed thrilled to meet her.

“Your mother…”

“You wouldn’t enjoy eating with them.”

“Okay.”

Wasn’t he trying to have her stay there? So why hide his family? Though she wouldn’t deny if she were ever serious about a guy, she’d try and hide her family for as long as humanly possible.

“My family is crazy,” she blurted.

He watched her patiently, though with a touch of mild confusion.

“They wouldn’t let me even talk to a boy when I was a kid.” Not that it completely stopped her.

“That doesn’t sound that bad,” he said thoughtfully.

“They locked me in a cupboard every evening to correct my behavior.”

“Hmmm.” His expression turned stony.

“Not to mention the four-hour lectures every night about how I was a sinner who was definitely going to hell.”

“Grrr.”

“My dad had a correction stick he used on my knuckles when he thought I really deserved it.” Truths just kept on tumbling out of her. “Like if he saw me looking at a boy or if I tried to wear a skirt that was above my ankles.”

“Rawr!”

He grasped her arm, and she couldn’t help the gasp.

“I won’t let anyone hurt you,” he growled, so sincerely, so forcefully she quaked a little. But it also brought her some warmth, some comfort in believing she was secure with him.

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