Ruined_A Contemporary Bad Boy Romance by Lisa Lace

Author:Lisa Lace [Lace, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-07T16:00:00+00:00

Nate

I held Jenna in my arms and breathed in the scent of her. I could still smell the jasmine beneath the smoke. The feeling of her hair against my cheek filled me with the greatest sense of relief I’d ever known.

When the call that there was a fire at Walton Apartments had come into the station, I’d felt my heart drop beneath my feet. Instantly, I’d known. It was too much of a coincidence that a fire would break out at Jenna’s apartment building after she received those two notes from her ex.

That knowledge had filled me with dread, then a rush of pure adrenaline. That adrenaline had pushed me to move faster than I ever had.

The two-minute journey from the station to Jenna’s street had seemed eternal. I’d fought enough fires to know how quickly they could spread, and how destructive they could be. My mind had immediately started swimming with images of Jenna surrounded by flames, choking; trapped.

I’d fought back my fears for her through sheer determination that I would not let anything happen to her. I made that promise, and I intended to keep it. As soon as we pulled into the street, I’d been the first out the engine. My eyes darted straight to Jenna’s window. Sure enough, there she was—screaming for help.

She was at the window. Good girl.

I dashed to the ladder and screamed at Lewis to get it moving. The moments it had taken to reach Jenna had felt a lifetime. When she stepped out that window and into my arms, I felt all the fear I’d been pushing back crash over me. I held onto her for dear life.

Now, we were on the ground, and she was safe with me.

I drew back to examine her. “Are you all right?”

She was shaking head to toe but managed a nod. “I think so.”

My eyes traveled over her to check for injury. Her skin was flushed from the heat, but apart from a small mark on her arm, she hadn’t been burned. She was grimy from the soot of the flames. My hands ran down her forearms, and I held onto her as if to check that she was real.

I hugged her again, pulling her close and kissing her forehead. I shut my eyes and allowed myself just a moment to savor the fact that she was safe and alive.

I heard another set of sirens behind me and turned to see the ambulance had arrived. “Come on, Jenna. Let’s get you checked out.”

“I’m all right, Nate…” Jenna’s voice was hoarse.

“Please, Jenna. You’ve breathed in a lot of smoke.”

She didn’t argue with me anymore, and let me lead her to the waiting ambulance. A paramedic rushed out to attend to her.

“She was rescued from inside,” I informed him. “Take good care of her.” I turned back towards the fire.

Jenna grabbed my arm. Even though the paramedic was trying to press an oxygen mask over her mouth, she shrugged him off and clung onto me. Her eyes grew round and frightened.

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