Page 15 of The Sinners Touch

That earned a snort from Jasmine, but she was stopped from saying anything by the shadow that fell over the three of them. She looked up to tell whoever it was to get the hell out of their view, but her breath caught.

Kade.

The sun at his back made him look like some dark god about to pounce.

Angel gulped, trying to catch her breath.

“Well, hello.” Jasmine’s throaty greeting snapped Angel out of her shock. She shot Jasmine a warning look, which she completely ignored. “I’m Jasmine.”

“Ladies.” Kade tipped his head in greeting. “Enjoying yourselves?”

Angel thought her friends nearly swooned. None of the boys they knew spoke like that, but then again, they were just boys. Kade was all man. One hundred percent bonafide man.

“We are now.” Hannah batted her lashes, a sly smile curving her lips. “Care to join us?”

He flashed Hannah that dimpled smile of his, and it set Angel’s teeth to grinding. A surge of jealousy flared up so fast it surprised her. She didn’t even know the guy, for fuck’s sake, and she was ready to tear into one of her best friends over him.

“Hi, Angel.”

Her eyes swept back up to meet his. Laughter danced in them. “Hi.”

“I, uh…” He cleared his throat, and Jasmine giggled. “Would you want to take a walk down the beach with me?”

“Sure she would,” Hannah answered for her.

Kade reached a hand down to her. “Well, Miss Lemoraux? Would you care for a walk?”

Angel contemplated him from beneath her lashes, her teeth torturing her lip. Her mouth had suddenly gone dry while her stomach quivered.

“Breathe, girl,” Jasmine whispered.

Easy for her to say. She didn’t have those devil eyes boring into her.

“I don’t bite.” Another lazy grin appeared. “At least not right away.”

Fuck. He was flirting with her, and she had nothing. No snappy comeback, nothing. All she could do was stare at his outstretched hand.

“Or not.” His grin lost some of its shine as he started to withdraw his hand.

No, no, no Angel! Don’t let him leave.She shot up, grabbing his hand. Shit. What was she doing? He was so far out of her league, but when his hand closed around hers and pulled her up and into him, she forgot all about that. Heat crept into her cheeks, and her lip hid between her teeth as she gazed up into those onyx depths. She felt light, airy, breathless…

“Angel?”

“Hmm?”

“We’re here.”

She closed her eyes, pulling herself out of the memory. This was the second time tonight she’d gotten lost in the past. She needed to get a grip on this.

“Are you okay?”

Kade shifted in his seat so he could see her. She looked pale, worn, and tired. Despite her bravado, tonight had to have knocked on her on her ass.

“Does it really matter?” She unsnapped her seatbelt and got out.

He sighed and did the same, grabbing Angel’s overnight bag out of the back before locking the doors.

“Where the hell are we?”

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