Jake_A Southern Crime Family Novel by Carla Swafford

Author:Carla Swafford [Swafford, Carla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: criminal hero, spanking, bad girl heroine, bad boy hero, Mystery
Publisher: Carla Swafford
Published: 2019-05-20T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Angel remained standing. She wanted to fall to her knees, craving the release his harsh voice promised, but they needed to clear up a few facts.

He leaned back, resting his shoulders on the door. With his arms and ankles crossed, he showed her that he had all the time in the world. Her gaze traveled over his broad shoulders and chest in his button-up shirt. Why was it everything about him appealed to her?

“Jake.” Her voice cracked. Desire to touch him closed up her throat.

“Angel.” His lips tightened as he waited for her to comply or explain. She did catch a mixture of impatience and anticipation in his light blue eyes.

“As you know, I’ve accepted that I have to marry you, but we need to come to terms about our relationship in and outside the bedroom.” So twisted up inside, her lungs felt as if they would explode any minute, she inhaled long and deep.

He pushed off the door and walked a tight circle around her. His fingers played with the red tips of her hair. “Go ahead.” His hip brushed against her. She balled her fists.

His big presence swallowed the air in the room as desire swept over her. She wanted to lean against his hard body and soak in every bit of his heat. How wonderful would it be for his arms to hold her again as he had last night when she fell asleep? With a mental shake, she forced the words out of her mouth.

“Whenever others are around, I’m your equal.” She closed her eyes as his hand dropped and skimmed over her collarbone. Her breasts lifted and fell with deep inhale and exhale as she tried to regulate her breathing.

“Is that so?” His smirk lit her temper.

“Do I have to prove it?” She tried to regain her composure, hating his condescending tone.

“Yeah.”

She grabbed his wrist, shoved her shoulder into his ribs, and flipped him. He hit the floor with a grunt. The next second, he pulled her down, pressing her back to his chest and rolled to the side with her. Before she could struggle, he grasped her arm and twisted it, pulling up her numb hand to her shoulder blades. He quickly released his painful hold, and his arm hooked her neck to roll her over, face first, to the floor. His heavy body pressed her into the rug.

Panting, she remained stiff and on alert. What did he plan to do next?

“Nice move. We’ll talk about what I believe equal means,” he whispered into her ear.

She shivered. The reaction was more from how his body rubbed against her and his other arm pressed against her breasts and not from the threat in his tone or the pressure to her throat. All that maleness centered on what she said, his body wrapping her in his strength, brought a weakness to every joint in her body. She sagged in his hold and inhaled the scent of Jake: leather and the faint smell of tobacco.

Hadn’t she wanted his arms around her?

No, not exactly in this way.

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