Rescuing Broken: The Kane Brothers by Gina Azzi

Author:Gina Azzi
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781732026117

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Jax

It's different this time. The moment she opens the door I know it. Can feel it. It's not like when we went hiking or to see Shrek. She’s more comfortable around me, things between us are more natural, organic. It's like we've taken a step, moved in the direction I've been waiting for her to be ready to move in. And now it's happening. And I have no idea how to not mess it up.

She looks beautiful—her dark hair loose and wavy, sliding over her shoulders, falling to the center of her back. Her blue eyes are sparkling, some of the old mirth and sass laughing along the edges of her irises. She looks... radiant in a way I haven't seen her look since before, a long time ago now.

Her laugh is lighter; I hear it more frequently. There's an almost musical quality to her voice, a cadence of sounds that soars and dips with the emotion behind her words. She's coming back to me. I can feel it. And suddenly, I'm terrified to lose it.

"You okay?" Her eyebrows dip over her cerulean eyes.

I nod, moving my hand over the center console to cup her knee, squeezing gently. She doesn't flinch, and I'm both relieved and panicked.

"Jax?"

I turn to her, careful to check back on the road every few seconds, but her gaze is penetrating. I'm mesmerized by the expression on her face; open and honest and trusting and so, so Evie.

I work to swallow, demanding that I pull myself together. I've run into fires and up narrow stairwells that could collapse at any moment. I've been shot at, shot people, and held my best friend's hand as he inhaled his final breath. I've done things reckless and stupid, necessary and not. But what I've never done is be there for Evie, not the way I should have been. Not the way she deserves.

Turning back to the road, I resolve to be the man she's worthy of, to stop with the second guessing and doubt. To just be here for her, however she needs me to be, for however long she wants me to be. My determination clicks into place and clears the insecurity clouding my thoughts just moments before.

"I'm fine. Sometimes, you make me nervous."

"Me?" She rests her head back against the seat and gently turns it from side to side. "That's ridiculous. How could I ever make you nervous?"

"Because I like you too much. Always have, as I'm sure you know. And I don't want to do anything to mess it up. Not again." I smirk at her, attempting for playful, but my words are too serious, too truthful. We both know it.

She turns to me, her hand covering mine on top of her knee, our fingers lacing together. "You won't. This time I won't let you."

A bark of laughter bubbles from my chest as I pull her closer. This time I won't let her go. Not even for a moment.

Raf's isn't busy when we walk through the front entrance.

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