Rock Bottom by Jamison Jade C

Author:Jamison, Jade C. [Jamison, Jade C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2013-09-02T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

JENNA ROLLED ONTO her side and that caused her to slowly awaken. She remembered it all then, every moment from the night before condensed into the space of a few seconds. No, she didn’t regret it, not one bit. She only hoped it would be okay for Ethan, that he’d be able to handle it all right. She knew he felt strong, and she could tell he really was tough—he’d survived a lot, after all—but a relationship might not be the best thing for him right now, especially because new relationships could sometimes be bumpy.

She sat up and looked at him, passed out cold. In that state, he didn’t look like a recovering addict or even someone who’d had the rough life she knew Ethan had dealt with. He almost looked like a teenager, except for the dark stubble on his face. His hair lay on the pillow around him, and his chest rose and fell slowly with each breath he pulled through his slightly parted lips. Even asleep, the man was drop-dead gorgeous. He looked serene…and she’d never seen Ethan look that way before, not even when he was lost in his guitar.

Jenna almost panicked as it washed over her. No, it wasn’t that Ethan looked different. She was looking at him through changed eyes.

Fuck. She was starting to care.

Fuck, fuck, fuck. She drew in a deep breath and slid her legs off the bed. How the hell had she let that happen? Shit. She should have had that stupid tattoo branded on her forehead instead of just above her pantyline. Instead, that thing had turned out to be a source of pleasure last night rather than the harsh reminder it was supposed to be.

As she walked to the bathroom, angry as she was, she still couldn’t help the dumb ass new-love feeling surging through her. What the fuck?

But it was there…and it was intense, overwhelming. She felt almost giddy. Ethan was a spectacular lover, something she honestly hadn’t expected. Based on all their conversations, particularly when he would talk in group about his past, she gathered that he had been pretty self-absorbed until recently. Someone like that wouldn’t really care how his lover felt or if she was even enjoying herself, and someone like Ethan who no doubt had had hundreds of women throwing themselves at him didn’t necessarily need to care. But he had. And she felt like she was on the verge of giggling just remembering the night before.

She had to play it cool, though. She didn’t want Ethan thinking either extreme—one, that she was almost where she believed she was hovering, on the precipice of falling into the love chasm, or two, that she was cold and uncaring. She had to be cautious about maintaining a careful balance. Ethan was potentially fragile, and his sobriety was her highest priority. She’d have to play the morning by ear and make sure he got what he needed. Her feelings didn’t matter.

But she continued grinning widely when she stepped in the shower and enjoyed the warm water streaming onto her cheeks.

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