Page 147 of To Love Jason Thorn

Slowly, he pulled the covers down, and hisfingertips touched my bare shoulder.

Damn it! Whyhad I thought it was smart to sleep in a tank top and my underwear? I should’velet myself suffocate in peace. When his fingertips reached my hip and herealized that I wasn’t wearing much underneath the covers, he sucked in abreath and let the cover rest on my thighs.

My heart beating in my throat, I waited tosee what his next move would be. Maybe he had come to say we had to get adivorce? If these were our last moments, I wanted to savor every second of it.

I know what you’re thinking, but did youhear the part where I already acknowledged the fact that I was pathetic?

“Is your heart still beating just for me,Olive?” he asked softly, his voice low and sweet.

I closed my eyes tighter.

“I wonder if you can feel my touch in yourdreams…if that’s why your heart is beating so fast.”

His soft words a whisper on my skin, I lethis fingertips trail every inch of my body, seducing my heart before my mindcould put a stop to it.

“I missed you, baby. If I kiss you, Olive…”I felt the touch of his warm lips on my shoulder just before he moved closer. Ashiver went down my spine and I was too late to hold in my small gasp. Jasoncontinued as if he hadn’t heard me. “If I kiss you will you wake up and playwith me? I want to feel your lips on mine so badly, Olive. Will you please stoppretending to be asleep, baby?”

He knew I was awake. Too tired for games, Iopened my eyes to a dark room. “What are you doing here, Jason?” I whisperedafter some time.

“Will you look at me, sweetheart? Please.”

I turned to face him, but we were a littletoo close for my comfort, my childhood bed being too small to keep arespectable distance between us. Still, I backed away until I was lying on thevery edge of the bed. I kept my eyes down on the sheets.

“Can I tell you what I remember from lastnight? Will you listen to me?”

“Do I have any other choice? You are in mybed and I have no other place to run to.”

I could barely see with the only lightcoming from outside, but he still lifted my chin so I could look at his eyes. Ifocused on the stubble on his cheeks.

Because I’m a rebel like that.

“I never want you to run away from meagain, little one. If you do, I will always come after you. I want you toremember that. That being said, I will never give you a reason to run away fromme either.”

Again, I stayed silent.

“The last thing I remember from last nightis going up to the private rooms with you and trying to figure out what I couldsay to convince you to let me have you up there.”

His fingertips touched my lips and Iflinched. He ignored it and gently stroked my lips.

“Then I kissed you, Olive, didn’t I? Ialways remember kissing you.”

I would never forget how it felt to havehis lips on mine either. It would always stay with me.

Damn those tears rushing to my eyes!

“I also remember talking to Lucy and Lily,but after that I remember nothing, Olive.” He paused for a minute. “Do you knowwhere I woke up this morning?”

I flinched again and braced myself, butinstead of continuing with his story, he brushed my hair back.

“You’re shivering sweetheart. I wish youwould come closer so I could warm you.”

I didn’t move. When he was satisfied withmy hair placement, he sighed and picked up from where he had left off. “I wokeup in Devlin’s hotel suite. Alvin was there, too. They think someone spiked mydrink because I was acting weird, and when I woke up I couldn’t even rememberwhere you were.”

I tensed.

“Will you come closer so I can hold you inmy arms? You’re about to fall off, and I’m afraid Dylan will barge in toprotect you from me.”

“He knows you’re in my room?”

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