Make Me Say It by Beth Kery

Author:Beth Kery [Kery, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781101988237
Google: 3aRcCwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B01AHKY3BE
Barnesnoble: B01AHKY3BE
Goodreads: 28648777
Publisher: InterMix
Published: 2016-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Jacob awoke in the dead of night at the sound of a woman crying out in distress.

“It’s all right, you’re okay, Harper.”

The room was almost pitch black. He knew from experience with insomnia that his suite only grew this dark just before dawn. Swiftly, he lunged and hit a button on the bed’s built-in console. A lamp illuminated. He twisted around to look at the woman in his bed.

“Harper,” he said forcefully.

There’d never been any doubt in his mind whose shout it was. A lot of women had slept in his bed, yet he’d recognized her frightened voice in an instant. There was a hint of the girl she’d once been in that cry.

She lay on her back, her chin twisted in his direction. Her vibrant hair was spread out on the pillow. The expression of tight fear on her face made something sharp twist deep inside him. He slid closer to her, planting his elbow next to her ear. He curled his arm around her head, stroking her hair back from her temple, while he caressed her neck with his other hand. She was damp from sweat, a result of her nightmare. She moved her lips silently, fear still tightening her face.

“Harper, honey. Wake up.”

“He’s got a knife!”

He started when she jerked in his hold at the same time she shrieked. Suddenly, her aquamarine eyes were wide-open, and she was staring straight at him. It only took Jacob a split second to realize she wasn’t seeing him, though.

“Harper, it’s me. Jacob Latimer. You’re safe. No one is going to hurt you.” He cupped her jaw. “Do you hear me?” he demanded loudly, intent on penetrating the fog of her nightmare.

Too slowly for his comfort, the fear and desperation faded from her expression. He caressed her cheek and leaned down to brush his lips over her temple and then her eyebrow.

“It’s all right. You were having a nightmare.”

“Jacob?” she muttered thickly.

He lifted his head to peer at her face. “You okay?” he murmured, smoothing the tendrils of her hair away from her ear and damp neck.

She glanced around the room, seeming to gain her bearings.

“I’m sorry. Did I yell?”

He nodded, studying her face closely. She seemed okay now, but confused. “What were you dreaming about?”

“I . . .” She looked up at him, her blue-green eyes reminding him of pure, untainted pools, when only moments before, primal fear had swum in their depths. “I don’t remember.”

How could the terror he’d witnessed have vanished so quickly? His stroking fingers paused. “Are you sure?”

She nodded, looking embarrassed. “I’m sorry I woke you. I probably should get up, anyway. It’ll be dawn soon, won’t it?” she asked, rolling her head on the pillow and squinting to see the time on a nearby clock. He used his hold on her jaw to tilt her face back in his direction.

“You said something about a knife.”

She stared at him blankly. “A knife?”

He nodded, searching her expression.

“That’s weird. I can’t remember what I was dreaming. But—”

“What?” he asked, when she cut herself off.

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