SEAL'd Perfection Book 3 by KB Winters

Author:KB Winters [Winters, KB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Navy SEAL Romance
Publisher: BookBoyfriends Publishing LLC
Published: 2015-11-30T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven — Jace

“Okay?” I repeated, unsure I’d heard her correctly. I placed a finger on her chin and tipped her face up to look at me. Her green eyes were watery and I knew she was on the verge of tears again. In the past, I would’ve run for my life, far away from a woman in tears, mostly because I was scared and had no idea what I was supposed to do. Seeing Kat cry ripped my guts into tiny little pieces, devastating me every single time, but I didn’t want to leave her. I couldn’t.

She nodded, confirming that she had given in to me. “I’ll call the lawyer and set up a consultation.”

I smiled at her. “Thank you, Kat.”

She lifted her eyebrow at me. “Why are you thanking me? I didn’t do anything, other than drag you into this whole mess.”

“Hardly!” I said, feeling a sear of guilt in my gut. “It’s my fault you’re even in this position. If I hadn’t come around—or maybe if I hadn’t gone to the hospital with you to see Jax that night—maybe your ex wouldn’t have even had the ammo to go after you like this.”

She narrowed her eyes at me. “Is that what you think?”

“That’s what I know, Kat. You don’t have to pretend this isn’t my fault to spare my feelings or something. I’m well aware of the role I played in getting you to this point.”

She backed up a step and my arms ached for her body as she got out of my reach. “Jace, that’s insane. This has nothing to do with you. Is that the reason why you’re helping me? Because you feel guilty? Like you’re the reason Jax isn’t with me anymore?”

I released a short, frustrated puff of air. “Kat, you said your ex found out who I am, and then what? A month or something goes by and then suddenly, poof, he has full custody and is dragging you back to court? You really think the two aren’t related.”

“Mitch has been trying to get full custody since the very beginning, Jace. This isn’t a new development in my life.”

“Maybe so, but I’m the foothold he needed to go to a judge and get them to listen and take his side.”

It hurt to say the words out loud, especially since Kat clearly hadn’t been having the same thoughts, and now I was voluntarily putting them into her head. With every word, I could feel myself getting closer and closer to losing her again. And I knew this time—it would probably be for good.

“Jace, that’s insane. Why would you be some kind of bargaining chip with a judge? Because you have tattoos? Who gives a shit?”

I rubbed the back of my neck, my mind warring with my heart over what to say next. I didn’t know how to answer her question without driving her away. “Kat, there’s parts of the story you don’t know.”

“What? The whole breakdown thing? I know…” She paused, looking at the door of the storage room.

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