needed to protect her was too strong, too big to ignore, especially after the slip her father just let him in on. Reid may have not intended for it to happen, but after their conversation a moment before, albeit brief, Jesse now had confirmation she had a problem. He was going to help. Emery probably wouldn’t agree, but then again, he wasn’t asking.
There had been an instant attraction upon their introduction—chemical, hormonal, pheromones, whatever science wanted to break it down to. Jesse knew it wasn’t just lust and the fact he hadn’t had sex in way too many months. It wasn’t his dick, as much as it was his heart, that had taken the lead in this thing between them and he could do nothing but follow.
“What? I’ve been worried, sue me.”
“I just might. You ready?”
She grabbed her flee ce-lined jean jacket off the chair. “What?” she questioned as she glanced back over at him.
A true skeptic. Her curled lip and arched eyebrow made it harder than hell not to smile, but Jesse held it in the best he could.
He was playing with fire, but God she was beautiful. The chase she was sending him on was fueling the flame, making her all the more enticing.
With his tongue in his cheek, he answered, “Nothing.”
“Uh-huh. Let’s go.”
Closing the few steps to reach her dad, she kissed his cheek. “I’ll be back in a little bit.”
“Honey, stay, have fun. Don’t rush back.”
“I want to check and make sure everything is in order before I go to bed, plus it’ll be an early morning, so I’m not staying long.”
“Everything is in order , and no one has touched anything. If you hadn’t scared the other guys enough, I warned them myself,” Reid said.
“Great,” she shot back, “my daddy has to help me.”
“No, I was actually trying to spare my boys’ asses.”
“Aren’t you just the funniest man I know?” she smarted in return.
“Yep, I love you, too.”
“Uh-huh. Love you, too, Dad. See you in a little bit.”
As nice as Reid’s motorhome was, and no expense was spared, the standing room they had between the three of them wasn’t much. Jesse stepped into her personal space, again not acknowledging the creases her questioning look caused as she pinned him with those jewel-green eyes. With his palm spread across her lower back, he ushered her toward the door, his other arm out wide for her to go first. Walking past him with a glare that screamed warning , he tipped his chin to let her know he was up for the challenge and planned on taking it. Her shoulder brushed his chest, the smell of Emery’s light floral perfume drifting behind her. Jesse drank it in, memorizing it.
They reached the stadium exit , and Jesse took her jacket from her arm. “It’s chilly, let me help you, honey.”
January in California was indeed chilly, but not like the cold she’d just left behind in Oklahoma. As much as she didn’t want to admit it, she was almost certain she couldn’t blame her shivers on the weather.
She tried to hold in the satisfaction she felt as he helped into her jacket, not used to having a man dote on her. It was hard to not like his attention, especially since she wasn’t blind and had noticed the head of the blonde they just passed whip around like the woman had seen Chace Crawford himself walk by.
Sue her if she felt a smug sense of pride that it had been her Jesse was helping into a coat for that other woman to see. Emery had never been the one other girls were jealous of before, and she’d probably go to hell for taking a little too much pleasure in it now.
Oops.
The reality of it sucked though, because they weren’t together, and there was no way they ever could be together in the future. Instead of letting it get her down, she pushed that depressing thought from her mind since Miss Thing didn’t know that, and went back to getting a little thrill of pretending to strangers that she was truly on Jesse’s arm for the night.
“So, anyway, why were you
There had been an instant attraction upon their introduction—chemical, hormonal, pheromones, whatever science wanted to break it down to. Jesse knew it wasn’t just lust and the fact he hadn’t had sex in way too many months. It wasn’t his dick, as much as it was his heart, that had taken the lead in this thing between them and he could do nothing but follow.
“What? I’ve been worried, sue me.”
“I just might. You ready?”
She grabbed her flee ce-lined jean jacket off the chair. “What?” she questioned as she glanced back over at him.
A true skeptic. Her curled lip and arched eyebrow made it harder than hell not to smile, but Jesse held it in the best he could.
He was playing with fire, but God she was beautiful. The chase she was sending him on was fueling the flame, making her all the more enticing.
With his tongue in his cheek, he answered, “Nothing.”
“Uh-huh. Let’s go.”
Closing the few steps to reach her dad, she kissed his cheek. “I’ll be back in a little bit.”
“Honey, stay, have fun. Don’t rush back.”
“I want to check and make sure everything is in order before I go to bed, plus it’ll be an early morning, so I’m not staying long.”
“Everything is in order , and no one has touched anything. If you hadn’t scared the other guys enough, I warned them myself,” Reid said.
“Great,” she shot back, “my daddy has to help me.”
“No, I was actually trying to spare my boys’ asses.”
“Aren’t you just the funniest man I know?” she smarted in return.
“Yep, I love you, too.”
“Uh-huh. Love you, too, Dad. See you in a little bit.”
As nice as Reid’s motorhome was, and no expense was spared, the standing room they had between the three of them wasn’t much. Jesse stepped into her personal space, again not acknowledging the creases her questioning look caused as she pinned him with those jewel-green eyes. With his palm spread across her lower back, he ushered her toward the door, his other arm out wide for her to go first. Walking past him with a glare that screamed warning , he tipped his chin to let her know he was up for the challenge and planned on taking it. Her shoulder brushed his chest, the smell of Emery’s light floral perfume drifting behind her. Jesse drank it in, memorizing it.
They reached the stadium exit , and Jesse took her jacket from her arm. “It’s chilly, let me help you, honey.”
January in California was indeed chilly, but not like the cold she’d just left behind in Oklahoma. As much as she didn’t want to admit it, she was almost certain she couldn’t blame her shivers on the weather.
She tried to hold in the satisfaction she felt as he helped into her jacket, not used to having a man dote on her. It was hard to not like his attention, especially since she wasn’t blind and had noticed the head of the blonde they just passed whip around like the woman had seen Chace Crawford himself walk by.
Sue her if she felt a smug sense of pride that it had been her Jesse was helping into a coat for that other woman to see. Emery had never been the one other girls were jealous of before, and she’d probably go to hell for taking a little too much pleasure in it now.
Oops.
The reality of it sucked though, because they weren’t together, and there was no way they ever could be together in the future. Instead of letting it get her down, she pushed that depressing thought from her mind since Miss Thing didn’t know that, and went back to getting a little thrill of pretending to strangers that she was truly on Jesse’s arm for the night.
“So, anyway, why were you
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