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“Forget about her. I’m going to talk to her tomorrow and send her home.”
Jasmeka’s eyes popped open, and she tried to see his face in the room’s dim lighting. “You what?”
“Sleep, Jas. We can talk in the morning.”
She yawned. “I want to hear now.”
He kissed her—long and gently—drawing a sensual response from every part of her body, even down to her toes. She wished she had the energy to do more than cling to his chest. He’d come in dressed but took off his shirt and jeans before he lay down. Her fingers curled of their own accord into his taut warm skin. He wrapped an arm about her waist and hauled her closer, until their entire lengths met. The man was killing her.
“All I know is I want to be here, in your room, with you.” He paused, and she sensed his impatience. Probably more with himself than with her or the situation. “I want to be here in Texas—with you. And with my brothers.”
“Not Thiago?”
“Jas.”
She grinned. If he stayed longer, he might come to forgive his dad. That part about wanting to be with her though, it warmed her to her core.
“Me and Tony will probably butt heads a million more times, but we reached kind of an understanding today.”
“I think so too. He even defended you to his aunt.”
“We’re a lot alike.” She heard embarrassment in his tone. “They didn’t know me very well, but it didn’t stop them from feeling abandoned. Jas, if I go now, it’ll do damage. They don’t have David anymore.”
Tears spilled down the sides of her cheeks, and he cuddled her to his chest. She thought she felt a shudder go through him. They stayed silent for a long while before he spoke again.
“I can’t make up with David, but I don’t want to run away again and not get to know Tony and Angel. When I think about them moving away, alone, cut off from family, I realize I don’t want that future for them. If the Torres family is going to change, then I’ll have to be the one to initiate it.”
She chuckled. “You sound like you’re going to arm wrestle it into changing.”
Amusement entered his tone. “If I have to.”
“We
ll, good. I like the plan.”
“What about for you?”
Nervousness stirred in her belly. “For me?” No sense letting him off the hook. He could spell it out for her.
“You’re not going to make it easy?”
She cut her eyes at him. “Not on your life. Do you know how I felt seeing her cling to you?”
He let out a small sound of regret. “I’m so sorry, Jas. I’m not that type of man. The last thing I want to do is make you feel insecure. I’m ashamed.”
“I’m a strong woman.”
He cupped her cheek. “No, don’t brush it aside. I’ll spend time making it up to you.”
“How?”
He kissed her until her toes curled and moved his lips to her ear, speaking low and sensual. “Any way you like.”
She shivered, and he looked into her eyes.
“I’ll start by being here. We don’t know where we’ll go, but I don’t want us to just be lovers, satisfying our physical desires and nothing else. I’ve had that, and I realize it’s not what I want. Maybe you still do?”
She almost enjoyed him being unsure of himself. He had swept in and unsettled their lives with his accusing attitude and his anger. Yet, she’d seen deeper, even from day one. He’d been hurt, and he didn’t trust anyone. Right then, he was taking a huge risk that she wouldn’t shoot him down. There was no way she would do that. Miguel might be the man she had dreamed of meeting one day.
