Page 48 of Fighting Temptation (Men of Honor 1)
She looks down at it then looks up at me in shock, “You’re putting a restraining order on Wyatt Jennings? Aren’t you dating him?” she asks snottily.
My stomach twists at her outburst.
“Jenny, you have no right to ask questions. Do I need to remind you what your job is?” Cooper asks heatedly.
She swallows nervously, “No of course not. I understand.”
I shake my head and storm out of the station. Jaxson comes up from behind, spins me around and holds me tight. “Everybody is going to think what she just said,” I mumble sadly into his chest.
“Who gives a fuck what anyone else thinks? You did the right thing Julia.”
I shake my head, “Can you just take me home?”
“Ya come on,” he says slinging his arm around me.
We pull up to my house and Jaxson leaves his truck running which tells me he isn’t staying, much to my disappointment.
“What are you doing tonight?” he asks helping me from the truck.
“Nothing right now.”
He clears his throat, “Want to go out for supper?”
I can’t help but smile when he shifts nervously, “Ya, I’d like that.”
“I’ll pick you up at 6 ok?”
I nod then feel nervous with what I’m about to say, “You know Jaxson, you don’t have to stay at the hotel, you could stay here with me if you wanted to.” I see him tense and before he gets the wrong idea I rush to say, “I have more than enough room, I have three spare rooms.”
I know the answer before he even responds: “I don’t think that’s a good idea Julia.”
I look down feeling embarrassed, “Ok,” I say quietly. Then I shrug, acting like it’s no big deal, “Just thought I’d offer. I’ll see you at 6.”
I turn to leave when Jaxson wraps his arms around me from behind and pulls me back against him. He leans in putting his mouth close to my ear, “I appreciate the offer Julia, but the problem is, your bedroom door will do nothing to stop me from coming into your room at night and sinking into that sweet hot pussy of yours.”
Oh lord! My panties become soaked from his rough erotic whisper in my ear and before I can stop myself I push back against his erection and whimper from the contact. Jaxson groans at the same time and his grip tightens on my hips. “Be a good girl Julia and go into the house before I lose control and fuck you right here on your driveway.”
I try to move, I really do, but I’m completely rooted to my spot. He growls then quickly turns me around and crushes his lips roughly to my forehead, “I’ll be back at 6,” then he’s back in his truck before I get my feet moving. I walk quickly into the house and close the door, leaning my forehead against it. Holy crap! My back still burns hot from where he was pressed against me. I look at the lock on my door and I can’t stop the smile over-taking my face when I click it in place.
Later that afternoon as I’m folding and putting my laundry away I get a knock on the door. I look at the clock wondering if it’s Jaxson, but it’s way too early. I walk down and open the door to a crying Kayla.
“Kayla, what’s wrong?” I ask worriedly, pulling her in from outside. Tears are pouring down her face and her eyes are swollen telling me she’s been crying for a while. She’s hugging herself as if trying to keep warm. I usher her to my couch with my arm wrapped around her.
“Oh god Julia!” is all she manages to get out.
“Kayla what is it? You’re scaring me to death.”
She looks at me with devastation, “I’m pretty sure Cooper is cheating on me.”
“What!?” I ask in shock, “No! No way Kayla, he would never do something like that to you, he loves you.”
She shakes her head, “I have suspected something for a couple of weeks now, but I shut the thought down because, just like you, I thought he would never do that to me.” She takes a deep breath trying to get words out through her tears, “But I’ve caught him lying to me. The other night he called me at 6, told me he was working late at the station, I decided to surprise him and bring him supper. When I got there he wasn’t there, Jenny said he had left at 5. Julia he didn’t get home till 10 that night,” she starts crying harder and I rub her back trying to soothe her.
“Did you ask him where he was?”
“Ya, he said he got a call and had to go to Charleston to meet with their chief of police. I could tell he was lying but I dropped it because a small part of me hoped he was telling the truth.” She shakes her head and laughs but I can tell she finds none of it funny. “Then there are times where I hear him whispering on his cell phone and when I come walking up he quickly lets them go and hangs up. When I ask who he was talking to he gets all nervous and says no one or wrong number.”
I take a deep breath and try to absorb what she’s saying. That does seem suspicious, but this is Cooper, he is one of the most honest men I know. Before I can say anything, Kayla continues, “Then today, when he was in the shower, his cell phone rang from a number I had never seen before. It was from Charleston, when I answered I heard a gasp then the person hung up. So I called the number back a few minutes later from my cell, blocking my number, and a girl answered. When I didn’t say anything you know what she said?”
I shake my head scared to ask.
“She whispered… ‘Cooper is that you?’ She whispered it Julia! Like it was a secret.”
“What did you say?”
Kayla shakes her head, “Nothing, I couldn’t speak. I was frozen because my heart had just broken in two.” She starts sobbing again and I wrap my arms around her tight.
