LETHALLY ENTANGLED
C.O.B.R.A. BOOK 1
“Stop being so damn defensive and
listen to me. I don’t want anything to happen to you. I can’t go through that
again.”
He grabbed
my chin in his hands and stared deep into my eyes. I swallowed hard under the
intensity of his gaze and blinked away the sudden tears that pricked at the
corners of my eyes.
“I’m fine. A little banged up, but I’m fine.”
“No. You’re not. You’re a basket case over this shit with your mom and
now someone is trying to take your ass out. You don’t have to pretend with me,
Baby Girl.”
I jerked away from him. “I’m not some delicate little flower that is
going to wither and die. I’m going to get to the bottom of all of this.”
He walked so close to me, that I could smell the scent of his cologne.
Earthy and mysterious, it clouded my senses.
“No one is
an island, Reese. You came to me about Angela. That means that somewhere deep
inside, you know you can trust me. Let me on that island with you.”
“Don’t you
think you’re being a little melodramatic? I. Came. To. You. Not Pierce. To you.
This has nothing to do with trust.”
“That’s
where you’re kidding yourself, Reesie. We’re so much alike you can’t even see
it. We keep things on the surface. We don’t let people in, and we think we can
handle everything on our own. Sometimes, you just can’t. It’s eating you up inside
that you even need my help. Yeah, you came to me, but it was reluctantly.”
I pointed a finger at his chest. “You’re wrong. I came to you because you
make me feel safe.”
Damn it. Why
the fuck did I say that?
Jax’s eyes
stretched wider before he reached for both my hands, taking them in his larger
ones. Heat radiated from his palms or was that the heat of my embarrassment for
saying something so damn mushy?
“I’m always going to keep you safe, Reesie. I swear on my life.”
The air
between us was charged, as if electricity ran through it. There was a shift
happening between us. I felt it and I knew when he did, too. His hands dropped
mine and settled around my waist.
No.
This wasn’t about to happen.
Was it?
I rose on my
tiptoes as he slowly lowered his head at the same time. I read the question in
his eyes.
“Yes,” I whispered.
I pressed my lips to his and kissed him without reserve.
This was really happening.
Lethally Entangled coming soon!