Sky High by C.J. Lake

Author:C.J. Lake [Lake, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

By Wednesday, Jamie was fully recovered. And the reward for his suffering was an extra-long day at work so he could catch up on everything. Now he was finally approaching his apartment building after a seemingly endless day, though gaining a second wind at the thought of seeing Sky.

Everything had changed between them this weekend. She had seen him at his worst and she’d stayed. Way longer than she should have. She’d wanted to stay. Even with him looking and feeling like hell, and likely being contagious, she’d hung out with him. It was hard not to have a soft spot for any girl who tried to take care of you, but with Sky, his feelings went much deeper than that. The connection happening between them was obvious at this point—even though neither had yet stepped over that platonic line.

Tonight it would happen. Tonight Jamie would take Sky by the hand and lead her across that symbolic, razor-thin line they were paused on. He wasn’t sure exactly what he was going to say—he’d confess his feelings in whatever words came naturally in the moment. But really, enough torture already. He was dying to get his hands on her. His mouth. His everything on her everything…

Tonight, no matter what, he would kiss her, even if she slapped his face after. (Though he really couldn’t imagine Sky slapping his face.)

They had texted a few times throughout the day, but Jamie kept it innocuous, nothing too flirty. Sure, he could take the easy way, but, come on: telling Sky he liked her over text message would be the cowardly approach, and not how he wanted to start a relationship. If you wanted a girl, you had to man up and admit it right to her face. Women respected men who had the balls to go after them and not hide behind their phones. (He’d heard his sisters complain about this often enough.)

When he entered the building, he made the usual obligatory pit-stop at his mailbox. Just as he pulled out a stack of bills, he heard the front door swish open. Instinctively, he glanced over and just like that, Jamie’s mood went from revved up to pissed off—from confident to possessive. Sky was walking through the door…with some guy.

Her face lit up and broke into a smile as soon as she saw Jamie. “Hey!”

The dude walking next to her smiled, too. “Hey, Sky,” Jamie managed, ignoring the guy altogether, and swallowing down his jealousy, which felt like painful shard of concrete in his throat. “Who’s this?” he asked. Maybe it was straight-up direct to ask about the guy flat-out, without waiting for an introduction, but Jamie was done with subtlety at this point. He felt territorial. He needed her to be his—period.

“This is Remy,” Sky said. Then an innocent giggle slipped out as she observed, “Hey, I just realized… Remy’s last name is Jameson. And your name’s Jamie. Isn’t that funny?”

“Hilarious,” Jamie gritted out. He noticed that Sky was just a little bit tipsy—nothing a stranger would probably notice, but Jamie could tell because he knew her.

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