Page 87 of Tattooed Love

Snapping my eyes open, I looked across at Jax. “What?” I frowned at him, wondering why he had his arms out.

“Come here!” He smirked, and gestured his head for me to move across to his recliner.

“You mean sit with you?” I looked at him strangely. I was sure he had sobered up a bit by now.

He reached out and pulled on my arm, and I slid over the recliner and moved to sit in the nook of his. He wrapped an arm around me, and I leaned into his side, my legs draping over the other side of the recliner. This felt surprisingly nice.

Oh Amber, you are going weak, I thought to myself.

Jax trailed his fingers up and down my arm and sighed softly. “Next time, we should stay in. Unless you’re going as my date.”

“Jax, seriously, what has got into you?” I couldn’t look up to look him in the eye though. Instead, my gaze was glued to his lap and my head leaned on his shoulder. My heartbeat increased when he touched me; my body so close to his for the first time had me in a fit of nerves.

“Nothing.” Jax’s voice was low and his hand paused on my arm. “Why?

Do you want me to stop?”

What the heck JAX! Who in their right mind would want you to stop touching them? I swallowed nervously. “Ummm no. I guess not.”

Of course I was attracted to him; who wouldn’t be? But he was dangerous; he could hurt me. So we shouldn’t be doing this.

But that didn’t stop me from reaching out and taking his other hand in mine. Jax forced me to ignore my gut. For a smart girl, I became stupid when it came to him.

“Are you going to see Blake?”

Jax’s voice was below a whisper as we sat in dead silence in the cinema room. We both hadn’t even bothered to turn the movie on.

“I don’t know,” I sighed, dragging my finger up and down his arm. “He wouldn’t want me to.”

Jax nodded his head knowingly. Guys didn’t like there girls visiting. Why? Well I wasn’t a guy, so I couldn’t answer that question. Though I wasn’t Blake’s girl, but still, he would view me so.

I turned my face to the side to stare at his defined profile. Even though the room was dark, I could make out every feature. His smooth jawline; flawless soft skin that just made me want to reach out and run my finger across it. His hair was a mess, but it was a sexy mess. Not the ‘you-don’t-do-your-hair-and-it-shows’ mess.

Finally, my eyes drifted up to his face and locked with my favorite part… his eyes. I was slightly taken back when I saw them looking back smugly at me.

“Checking me out, Am?” He smirked and I felt myself boil from embarrassment.

“I well… no… just umm… yeah.” I snapped my eyes away from his and glared across the room.

“Don’t tell me, you have a little crush?” His lips brushed across my earlobe as he spoke, his voice husky and thick.

My eyes locked back with his as I turned my head back. Our lips were inches apart; our faces so close. Slowly, I trailed my hand up his arm and placed it on the back of his neck. I caught his eyes flicker down to my lips, just briefly, and it twisted my stomach in knots.

We were waiting for the each other to give in. I shifted slightly on his lap and I heard the muffled groan that left his lips. Like always, the girl had the upper hand, although my confidence disappeared when I noticed his eyes emanate pure and utter passion.

His tight grip on my waist was only confirming my thoughts. Any minute now, I would feel what it was like to kiss Jax. My heart melted and it took all my self-control to not drive my own lips forward and claim his lips.

“Jax?”

I jumped from Jax’s lap as if it were on fire and stumbled to the floor. Jax looked startled, not understanding why I had just fled from his embrace but when he heard Cole’s call again, he understood.

I scrambled to my feet, climbing over the two rows of seats and flinging myself to the ground in front. The smell of stale popcorn invaded my nose as I lay on the ground. Thank the Lord Jax and I were sitting at the back of the cinema. The doors opened and I froze.

I knew Cole wouldn’t be able to see me from where he was, but I didn’t want to think of what would happen if he caught me laying down; hiding.

“What are you doing in here?” Cole’s voice was rough full with suspicion. “I thought you would be passed out somewhere?”

“Then why were you looking for me?” Jax said, sounding annoyed. I couldn’t stop the smirk that spread across my lips. I think I knew why he was annoyed and it made me excited to think about it.

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