Scars and Tats by Kristi Pelton

Author:Kristi Pelton [Pelton, Kristi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781543176643
Amazon: 154317664X
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

JACKSON

As far as green lights go, it’s about as green as you get. (unknown)

As I stared out at the freshly fallen six new inches of snow, I feared I’d never get out of here. This woman was in my head like no woman before. Her damn hypnotizing, coffee-colored eyes captivated me completely—making me her captive again in more ways than one. Maybe it was her innocence. Maybe it was the hunger—the craving behind those rounded eyes. Any man would recognize that sort of hunger. She was starved for attention…for touch…for love. I only hoped that she’d give me the opportunity to be the one to do that for her. Though, if she did, then I feared I’d never want to leave. And…I had to leave. Rarely had we ever gotten this much snow this early. But, they say everything happens for a reason. I might have just found my reason for being.

Every time I watched her fidget with her hair, pull it to one side, twist it around her finger, I wondered what my hands would feel like in it. Grabbing it. Damn…the woman was seriously born to be fucked…by me. Her long legs would wrap around me so nicely. I had a feeling no man had touched her since the accident. Fuck, I wanted to be the one.

I wondered what was going down back home. My phone had no service. No one could reach me. No texts. No calls. No emails. I had no idea what was being reported in the news. With the presidential election, my job would be in jeopardy anyway…so I couldn’t completely blame my father or myself. Hell, it would be iffy if I still had a job when I got back at all.

My eyes traced back and forth over the snow once again looking for anything unusual. This was how she spent her days…watching over her shoulder. Standing vigil. Being vigilant. She’d be ashamed of the man that I used to be if she knew. My last three years had been spent blowing money and blowing off women. I hoped she never found out about that man. Every part of me wanted to be the man she thought I was. The man Beck thought I was… I knew that I could put an end to their hiding with only a few words. But now? I’d waited too long. She’d question why I waited. She’d wonder what my motive was. I had to figure it out before it was too late.

Beck rested peacefully in the loft, and Mela slept in her bed once she’d medicated him and put him to sleep. Watching her be a mom—watching her with Beck made me want to be a father. His father. These thoughts were ridiculous. I’d known her eight days, and six out of the eight, one of us had been delirious. Unquestionably, I needed to step back from her. Back away. Leave. I knew what she saw when she looked at me. I was here playing father to Beck…giving her false ideas.

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