Escaping the Blackness (A Cooper Brothers Novel Book 1) by Norma Jeanne Karlsson

Author:Norma Jeanne Karlsson [Karlsson, Norma Jeanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult romance, New Adult Contemporary Romance
Publisher: It's Publishing
Published: 2015-02-12T18:30:00+00:00

I can do this. I have to do this. I am doing this.

I sit on the couch with Riley as she talks about swimming and playing with cars later. I listen to everything she says and try to block out Jake’s presence. An impossible task, but I’m putting in the effort.

I just agreed that he can move in here. If I objected, it would have caused problems. His brothers want him close, and I can’t stand in the way of that. I’ll just keep myself busy outside the house until he leaves. There’s no way he’ll hang around for very long.

“Princess Cara, are you gonna swim too?” Riley asks, bringing my focus back to her.

“Yeah. Do you know how to swim?” I ask, looking into her stunning light grey eyes. They look like the sky after a storm has burned off, soft and peaceful. I love that she looks this way. I keep expecting to see that haunted look she had in her eyes the other day when she woke up from her nightmare, but it’s nowhere in sight.

“I’m not very good yet,” she says with a determination in her voice that indicates she wants to master it.

She’s her father’s daughter.

“We’ll have fun,” I assure her.

Now that my finals are done, I can focus on fun. Logan is now a part of that plan, along with a date on Friday.

“You two girls ready to go?” Dane asks.

“Are you five girls ready to go?” I snark back, making Riley laugh hard.

“I’ll show you how much of a girl I am,” Dane threatens.

“Will you play dolls with me since you’re a girl?” Riley asks innocently.

“I’m…not…well…” Dane looks at Jake for some help, but he’s smothering his laughter in his massive hands.

“You can have the one with a pink dress. I don’t like pink,” Riley confesses with her nose turned up.

“Yeah, Dane,” Sawyer goads, “You can have the pink doll.”

“Last night Daddy and Uncle Jase—”

“Let’s get going!” Mitch shouts to cut off whatever Riley was about to say.

“What did your daddy and Uncle Jase do last night?” Dane asks mischievously.

“Nothing!” Jake and Mitch holler in unison.

Riley’s brow is furrowed at me, questioning what’s wrong with all of these childish men.

“Uncle Jase likes the pink doll, huh?” I ask.

“Actually—”

She gets stopped again when Mitch yanks her from my lap, tickling her mercilessly. His massive form is quite the sight. His jet black hair is always messy, like he just got out of bed in a sexy way. He has deep grey eyes that glimmer most of the time. His face is sculpted and angular matching the rest of his body. I can see why he’s popular with the ladies. He does nothing for me though.

I only have eyes for Jake.

Stupid!

“Let her speak,” I demand, jumping up to save Riley.

“Never!” Mitch yells dramatically, running back to the group where the guys take turns tossing Riley around to her delight.

My cheeks hurt from smiling and I forget what we were talking about by the time everyone settles down.

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