Spark by J Marie

Author:J Marie [Marie, J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781370849949
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

warming hers.

“You’re doing that thing again that you shouldn’t be doing,” I said softly in her

ear, her hair tickling my jawline. My hands rested on my bent knees, effectively

caging her body in mine, but she didn’t react, just relaxed as best she could.

“Are you going to punish me for thinking about snow?” she asked quietly,

sniffling again.

I furrowed my brows. “Snow?”

“Yes, snow.”

“And why does snow have a place in your mind right now?”

“I was thinking about how much I miss it.”

“Mmm,” I said, resting my lips against her hair while my knuckles brushed over

the skin of her arm. I didn’t know if I liked where this conversation was going.

“What brought this on?”

“It’s Christmas next week,” she announced.

“I know,” I murmured against her skin, as if it was something I was supposed to

care about.

We didn’t often celebrate Christmas in my house after my father passed. He was

the only one who pushed to get all of us together, and now that he was gone, my

brothers and I just stuck to our own busy schedules. Dan celebrated with his wife’s

family, Dom partied in Vegas, and I was too busy running everything else to give a

shit about a fucking holiday. I did give my staff one hell of a Christmas bonus,

though. That was as festive as I got.

Since I’d missed Thanksgiving, I didn’t think that I could potentially start my

own holiday traditions with Jaden as Dan did with his wife, but it might do her

some good to experience a little holiday fun. I was sure I could think of something

to make her eyes sparkle. Especially if she missed the snow.

I could feel Jaden start to sink into me more and more, her sleepiness starting to

take over again. Taking her in my arms, I lifted her up and carried her back to the

bed without a single moan of protest. She was still awake, but I wanted to hold her

closer. Gently laying her down in the bed, I removed my pants and crawled in,

resting her cheek against my chest. She sighed sleepily, resting her hand on my

abdomen while my fingers drew lazy circles on her shoulder. My other hand drew

lines up and down her arm as it rested on my torso, lulling her to sleep. That was

when she suddenly, but softly, wrapped her fingers around my wrist to pull my

hand up for her to see.

Curious, I let her fingers continue their exploration, her small hands expanding

my fingers to open my palm. She turned my hand around, exposing my raw and red

knuckles. The darkness of the night shielded only what it could from the

moonlight, but it wasn’t enough. I could feel her face tighten as she focused on the

remains of blood that dirtied my father’s ring on my middle knuckle. Her thumb

traced just below my knuckles, her touch soft and gentle, as though she were trying

to avoid hurting me.

She sighed through her nose, acknowledging the damage I’d done tonight and

dismissing it, as she should. When she turned my hand back over, her delicate

fingers traced along the rough calluses

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