Broken Chords (Ryder Brothers Book 1) by Summers Kat

Author:Summers, Kat
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

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The kiss Jack pulls me into is nothing like the reverent way he touched me last night or even the gentle way he held me when he first came on to the bus. No, this kiss is a claim, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

When he finally pulls away, both our chests are heaving and the gravity of the situation sinks in. Jack called me his. His. Sixteen-year-old me would be dancing around her room right now, squealing for joy. Never in a million years did I expect to be claimed by this larger-than-life man.

“You are mine, Ellie. Something bad happens, you tell me. Something good happens, you tell. Something sad, something funny, something boring—”

“I tell you?” I cut him off, teasingly.

“Yes, smart ass. You tell me. I never want to hear something important about you from someone else again.”

“Does that mean you’re mine, too?”

“I think I’ve been yours way longer than either of us realizes. But yes, I’m yours.”

I want to melt into his confession, but my anxious brain can’t let any uncertainty lie. “For how long?”

As he answers, Jack’s eyes meet mine. “I’m not going to lie and say I’ve got our picket fence life planned out and ready to go. The truth is, I don’t know what’s next for me, for you, for anything. But I know I want you. This thing between us feels right, and I want to see where it goes.”

“Okay,” I whisper. I want to tell him that it feels like there is an expiration date on this. That once the tour is over and I get a job and he’ll get bored. I saw it with my dad when he was between tours. When you’re used to the rock star lifestyle, normal gets old fast.

I push those thoughts aside, not wanting to face that reality right now. Leave that to the ill-fated future Ellie. I want to stay in our tour bubble for as long as I can. No real jobs, no best friends, no paps camped outside his front door. Just the two of us enjoying each other holed up on the bus. Speaking of, “your brothers could come on at any moment,” I tell him as he kisses over the hickey left me yesterday, humming in approval at its existence.

When I think he isn’t going to respond, he stands, lifting me with him as he trudges toward my room. Hands on my ass as my legs wrap around his waist, he kneads my cheeks as he walks. Once inside the room, he drops me on the bed with a bounce and locks the door behind him.

Staring at me from across the room, Jack yanks his shirt over his head before his fingers fumbled with his belt.

“Baby, this isn’t going to be as soft as last night. My reign on my control is tenuous at best. If you don’t want your clothes ripped, I suggest you take them off, quickly.”

His comment breaks my perusal of the tattoos that decorate his chest.

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