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his head and laughed, and I couldn’t help but smile. “You’re right, Sadie. I do, and I think I’ve found someone who I want to spend time with who happens to cry for little girls she doesn’t know who have lost their fathers in the war.”
I didn’t want to think about the sweet little girl being fatherless. If I teared up again, I would seem ridiculous. “You’ll get tired of me quickly. I’m boring,” I admitted out loud before I realized it.
He slipped a finger under my chin and tilted my face up. “Nothing about you is boring. Just watching you think is entertaining.”
I frowned, and he kissed my head much like he did the little girl’s and laughed softly.
“Don’t frown, beautiful. You fascinate me.”
My face grew hot, and my heart pounded so hard in my chest I feared it might burst its way out. It wasn’t fair that he could affect me with so little effort.
The Hummer stopped, and I realized we were sitting outside my apartment. I frowned at him. “I never told you how to get here.”
He grinned and got out to open my door. “You work for me, Sadie. I made it my business to get your address from your file and give it to Kane before we left.”
“I hadn’t thought about that,” I muttered.
He exited the vehicle and held his hand out to me. I slipped my hand in his and stepped out.
“Can I take your bags inside for you?” he asked.
“No!” The thought of Jessica seeing him, or even worse, the thought of what she might be wearing, terrified me. “Um, I . . . It’s just, my mom is not real big on people coming in these days.”
He opened the back. “Well, at least let me carry them to the door.”
“Okay.” I walked with him to the doorway. My bike was propped against the tree closest to the apartment. I needed to thank Marcus for bringing it home for me. That was sweet of him to think about it. I turned back to Jax and took the bags from him, and then I reached in and took out the gum. I didn’t know what to say, so I just handed it to him, and his face lit up. A smile I remembered from the photos of him as a little boy appeared on his face. It wasn’t a smile the world ever got a glimpse of in magazines.
“I take it I was good.”
I nodded. “Thanks again for the ride and the company.”
He bowed teasingly. “Anytime.” I looked at him one more time and went inside. I closed the door and leaned up against it. Jax Stone had just rocked my world, and I wasn’t sure what to do about it.
Chapter Five
JAX
I had to stay away from her. That had been much too close. I wasn’t someone who could do relationships, and Sadie wasn’t the kind of girl who could do a summer fling. Even if I wanted to get a taste of her so damn bad it was driving me crazy.
I stood at the window in my bedroom and looked down into the backyard. I could pretend I was staring out at the ocean, but I wasn’t. I was watching her. I was always watching her. But this time I would keep my distance. I couldn’t spend any more time with her. That would only lead to problems. Maybe I’d be leaving Sea Breeze a few times this summer after all. Even if it was just to take a break from being near something I wanted and couldn’t have.
The door to my room opened, and in stepped Jason without knocking. I glanced back at him, then stepped away from the window. He had called me several times over the past couple of weeks with a different excuse as to why he wasn’t here yet. I knew the real reason was our parents, but I let it slide. When he’d called yesterday he had told me he was flying out this morning. It was good to see him again.
“You made it.”
He nodded and let out a weary sigh. “Yeah. Almost waited a few more days, but I decided you needed to get out of this house and live a little, and if I wasn’t here you’d stay hidden away. All alone.”
He knew me well. I liked being alone. I didn’t get that enough. “I spoke with Mom. Let me know if she starts bothering you.”
Jason smirked
I didn’t want to think about the sweet little girl being fatherless. If I teared up again, I would seem ridiculous. “You’ll get tired of me quickly. I’m boring,” I admitted out loud before I realized it.
He slipped a finger under my chin and tilted my face up. “Nothing about you is boring. Just watching you think is entertaining.”
I frowned, and he kissed my head much like he did the little girl’s and laughed softly.
“Don’t frown, beautiful. You fascinate me.”
My face grew hot, and my heart pounded so hard in my chest I feared it might burst its way out. It wasn’t fair that he could affect me with so little effort.
The Hummer stopped, and I realized we were sitting outside my apartment. I frowned at him. “I never told you how to get here.”
He grinned and got out to open my door. “You work for me, Sadie. I made it my business to get your address from your file and give it to Kane before we left.”
“I hadn’t thought about that,” I muttered.
He exited the vehicle and held his hand out to me. I slipped my hand in his and stepped out.
“Can I take your bags inside for you?” he asked.
“No!” The thought of Jessica seeing him, or even worse, the thought of what she might be wearing, terrified me. “Um, I . . . It’s just, my mom is not real big on people coming in these days.”
He opened the back. “Well, at least let me carry them to the door.”
“Okay.” I walked with him to the doorway. My bike was propped against the tree closest to the apartment. I needed to thank Marcus for bringing it home for me. That was sweet of him to think about it. I turned back to Jax and took the bags from him, and then I reached in and took out the gum. I didn’t know what to say, so I just handed it to him, and his face lit up. A smile I remembered from the photos of him as a little boy appeared on his face. It wasn’t a smile the world ever got a glimpse of in magazines.
“I take it I was good.”
I nodded. “Thanks again for the ride and the company.”
He bowed teasingly. “Anytime.” I looked at him one more time and went inside. I closed the door and leaned up against it. Jax Stone had just rocked my world, and I wasn’t sure what to do about it.
Chapter Five
JAX
I had to stay away from her. That had been much too close. I wasn’t someone who could do relationships, and Sadie wasn’t the kind of girl who could do a summer fling. Even if I wanted to get a taste of her so damn bad it was driving me crazy.
I stood at the window in my bedroom and looked down into the backyard. I could pretend I was staring out at the ocean, but I wasn’t. I was watching her. I was always watching her. But this time I would keep my distance. I couldn’t spend any more time with her. That would only lead to problems. Maybe I’d be leaving Sea Breeze a few times this summer after all. Even if it was just to take a break from being near something I wanted and couldn’t have.
The door to my room opened, and in stepped Jason without knocking. I glanced back at him, then stepped away from the window. He had called me several times over the past couple of weeks with a different excuse as to why he wasn’t here yet. I knew the real reason was our parents, but I let it slide. When he’d called yesterday he had told me he was flying out this morning. It was good to see him again.
“You made it.”
He nodded and let out a weary sigh. “Yeah. Almost waited a few more days, but I decided you needed to get out of this house and live a little, and if I wasn’t here you’d stay hidden away. All alone.”
He knew me well. I liked being alone. I didn’t get that enough. “I spoke with Mom. Let me know if she starts bothering you.”
Jason smirked
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