RECKLESS - Part 2 (The RECKLESS Series) by Ward Alice

Author:Ward, Alice [Ward, Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-10-23T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

The only way our ride home could have been more awkward would have been if there had been two other passengers in the truck: Sean, and whomever Jace’s ex was. They might as well have been with as thick as the tension felt between us.

I tried my best to mind my own business and stare out the passenger window, but in Texas, the dark is a little boring. There’s not much to look at, other than the black sky, black road, and headlights on the pavement. So, eventually, my mouth got me into trouble... as usual.

“If you’re so adamant against cheating—at least I’m assuming you are because of your ex—why did you kiss me anyway? When you knew I was engaged?” I asked, my words penetrating the silence like nails on a chalkboard.

Jace’s facial expression matched my analogy, to a tee. “What do you mean?” he asked, sounding almost hesitant.

I certainly wasn’t used to that side of him.

“Just, I got the impression that you have a serious thing against cheating, so then I’m confused. I know I kissed you back... but why did you kiss me in the first place?”

For the longest time, the only sound in the cab was the steady thunk-thunk of the wheels eating pavement. But finally, he inhaled and then shot me a glance. “What I was hoping you would take away from our little story time was that if I, a guy who was hurt by cheating, can come to terms with what happened between us—which wasn’t even sex... maybe you should, too.“ Again, he gave me a look, a very pointed one, at that.

Between his words, that look, and the thought of a bedroom romp with Jace Richardson, my heart accelerated and my core clenched. Oh, dear God, I really did want this. More than I even realized. And maybe he was right. Maybe it wasn’t wrong to move on. Hadn’t I already? Even before the kiss? Even before Jace had stepped into my life?

I’d like to think so.

But it was those questions, along with the charge of our brief conversation on the way home, that kept me silent for the next several miles as I tried to avoid looking at him and speaking to him. I just forced myself to stare out into the blackness, refusing to admit defeat over the boring nothingness outside.

It was a hell of a lot better than the alternative—making a fool out of myself by jumping across the truck and ravishing this man that, for whatever reason, seemed to hold the key to unlocking something inside me that honestly, truly kind of scared me. A freedom and an impulsiveness that I’d avoided for my entire life.

Because big things only come to those that wait and plan tirelessly.

And jumping into bed with Jace Richardson certainly wouldn’t qualify as either... not that any part of my body seemed to particularly care because even just hearing the word “sex” fall from Jace Richardson’s lips made for a very moist ride home.

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