Give him a break. He didn’t want to stay
behind. You kind of sucked him into it,” Viv told her with another snicker.
“Now, why don’t you make James
something nice and sweet to eat tonight? You have to go to the store, anyway,
so how about your special Baked Alaska?” She listened to her sister and rolled
her eyes. “You’re too funny. Just do it. He’s a friend of Jason’s.” She
listened to the question from her sister about who Jason was and promised she
would explain everything later.
She listened again before
nodding. “Yep, okay. Sounds good. Love you, too, and see you in a couple of
hours.” She ended the call and looked at Jason. “Those two are like oil and
water.”
“Expect a very detailed report
when we get back there. He’ll have it all logged—every second of every minute,
every single word and comment she’s made. Should be interesting,” he told her
with a chuckle. He took the phone from her when she passed it back over and
tucked it away as he pulled into a parking spot right out front of the hotel.
They headed inside and straight
to the elevator. “I’m not sure if they’ll survive a couple hours together. It
sounded like such a good plan when it came out of your sister’s mouth. Along
with the look on James’s face, which sealed it for me. Now I’m rethinking this
whole thing just a little,” Jason admitted.
“I think we should definitely
hurry. I don’t think Fia knew what she was doing. I think she just assumed that
you would stay with me.” She shrugged. “Sophia just speaks before she thinks
sometimes.” A character trait they both shared, actually. “I might have to hurt
him if he hurts her feelings.”
Jason hugged her close but
remained silent. “So,” she said once they were in the elevator, desperate to
take her mind off of the mess they were in, “who were you, you know, before?”
She couldn’t wrap her mind around these men, around what was happening, but she
wanted to try.
“I thought you knew who I was.”
He put a hand on her back when they reached his floor and guided her down the
hallway. “Your history books have some of my life right, but not all. Damn
idiots never could tell the truth when they managed to win. The boat that
collapsed on top of me, killing me, was the Argo. My ship.”
Viv stopped abruptly. “Oh God.”
She knew who he was now. “Holy balls,” she muttered. “Jason of the Argonauts,
right?” She frowned. “The things that you’ve seen and done in your life … I
have to be the most boring person in the world to you.” The farthest she had
ever gone from home was to Portland, Oregon. She was boring with a capital B .
“You’re hardly boring, Vivian.”
He got her moving again and into his room. Backing her to the door, he leaned
in to press a kiss to her lips. “You are mine, my soul mate, my reason to keep
going forward each and every day. You are the light in the darkness, the good
against which evil has no defense. You are everything . I may have seen
and done a lot, but not a single moment meant anything until you came into my
life. I can breathe for the first time. Everything seems clearer, better, and
it’s all because of you.”
She put her hands on his chest
and let them move up to wrap around his neck. “We should still make the very
last ferry tonight if we … finish what we started last night.” She needed to have this
time with him. “Make love with me?”
“Oh, thank the gods,” he groaned
out on a breath. She was in his arms in the next moment, being carried through
the suite for the bedroom. She recognized the same path as the night before. “I
won’t stop this time, Vivian. I don’t care if the whole building burns down
around us. I need to have this bond with you.”
Vivian wrapped her arms and legs
tightly around him. She leaned in and kissed him again, desperate for him. When
they parted, she was gasping. “Don’t let me go, ever. I need everything. Show
me,” she begged.
“Only
behind. You kind of sucked him into it,” Viv told her with another snicker.
“Now, why don’t you make James
something nice and sweet to eat tonight? You have to go to the store, anyway,
so how about your special Baked Alaska?” She listened to her sister and rolled
her eyes. “You’re too funny. Just do it. He’s a friend of Jason’s.” She
listened to the question from her sister about who Jason was and promised she
would explain everything later.
She listened again before
nodding. “Yep, okay. Sounds good. Love you, too, and see you in a couple of
hours.” She ended the call and looked at Jason. “Those two are like oil and
water.”
“Expect a very detailed report
when we get back there. He’ll have it all logged—every second of every minute,
every single word and comment she’s made. Should be interesting,” he told her
with a chuckle. He took the phone from her when she passed it back over and
tucked it away as he pulled into a parking spot right out front of the hotel.
They headed inside and straight
to the elevator. “I’m not sure if they’ll survive a couple hours together. It
sounded like such a good plan when it came out of your sister’s mouth. Along
with the look on James’s face, which sealed it for me. Now I’m rethinking this
whole thing just a little,” Jason admitted.
“I think we should definitely
hurry. I don’t think Fia knew what she was doing. I think she just assumed that
you would stay with me.” She shrugged. “Sophia just speaks before she thinks
sometimes.” A character trait they both shared, actually. “I might have to hurt
him if he hurts her feelings.”
Jason hugged her close but
remained silent. “So,” she said once they were in the elevator, desperate to
take her mind off of the mess they were in, “who were you, you know, before?”
She couldn’t wrap her mind around these men, around what was happening, but she
wanted to try.
“I thought you knew who I was.”
He put a hand on her back when they reached his floor and guided her down the
hallway. “Your history books have some of my life right, but not all. Damn
idiots never could tell the truth when they managed to win. The boat that
collapsed on top of me, killing me, was the Argo. My ship.”
Viv stopped abruptly. “Oh God.”
She knew who he was now. “Holy balls,” she muttered. “Jason of the Argonauts,
right?” She frowned. “The things that you’ve seen and done in your life … I
have to be the most boring person in the world to you.” The farthest she had
ever gone from home was to Portland, Oregon. She was boring with a capital B .
“You’re hardly boring, Vivian.”
He got her moving again and into his room. Backing her to the door, he leaned
in to press a kiss to her lips. “You are mine, my soul mate, my reason to keep
going forward each and every day. You are the light in the darkness, the good
against which evil has no defense. You are everything . I may have seen
and done a lot, but not a single moment meant anything until you came into my
life. I can breathe for the first time. Everything seems clearer, better, and
it’s all because of you.”
She put her hands on his chest
and let them move up to wrap around his neck. “We should still make the very
last ferry tonight if we … finish what we started last night.” She needed to have this
time with him. “Make love with me?”
“Oh, thank the gods,” he groaned
out on a breath. She was in his arms in the next moment, being carried through
the suite for the bedroom. She recognized the same path as the night before. “I
won’t stop this time, Vivian. I don’t care if the whole building burns down
around us. I need to have this bond with you.”
Vivian wrapped her arms and legs
tightly around him. She leaned in and kissed him again, desperate for him. When
they parted, she was gasping. “Don’t let me go, ever. I need everything. Show
me,” she begged.
“Only
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