Taboo Daddy by Crowne K.C

Author:Crowne, K.C.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Jenna

In the car on the way to Noah’s, I was secretly happy that he’d insisted on me staying with him. I loved Sara and knew that I would be safe with her, but I felt even more protected in Noah’s condo with an alarm system and a doorman. But more so because of hi large, fit frame keeping watch.

Being under his roof day and night would come with its own set of challenges. For the sake of Tess, I had to exercise some serious self-control and keep my hands off Noah. The last thing I wanted to do was confuse a twelve-year-old with whatever the hell was going on between her father and me.

And a good place to start that restraint would be right now, when he was gently running his hand up and down my arm. I forced myself to pull away, to sit up and put a little space between us. It would have been so easy to just fall into him, to tell myself that because of what I’d just been through, I didn’t have to resist.

The problem was, I was starting to have honest to God feelings for this man.

It wasn’t just his almost excruciating good looks, but just the fact that proximity to him made me feel as though a million tiny fires had been lit under my skin. It was his kindness and the way he was completely in control of almost every situation that came his way, and the way he showed vulnerability when it came to his daughter. The more I got to know him, the more I wanted to.

And if I jumped back into bed with him without thinking twice, I would put that at risk.

Maybe it’s an opportunity, I thought. Maybe this is our chance to prove that we can be around each other without taking our clothes off. Maybe this is our chance to get to know each other—really get to know each other—as people.

I shook myself. How could I be thinking about that right now? My home had just been broken into, for God’s sake. I’d never dreamed that Josh would come after me in such a personal and frightening way after I’d spoken to his father on the phone. But I’d sort of thought of Josh as a child while I was redecorating his apartment. I shouldn’t have been surprised that he’d throw a tantrum when he didn’t get what he wanted from me.

I wondered whether he had any idea how much he’d frightened me. I hoped not. I didn’t want him to know he had any sort of power over me. I wanted him to think I’d been able to shrug it off. But the truth was that I didn’t know how I would ever go back to my own apartment. I couldn’t stay with Noah indefinitely, of course, but right now the thought of being on my own made me feel shaky and almost hysterical.

“We’re here,” Noah said quietly.

I looked out the window as we pulled into the secured garage for residents only.

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