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“I got her.” Jaron kissed my head before leaving the bed.
My breath caught at the sight of him. The large black tattooed skull sat on his back, moving over his muscles. He was hard in all the right places.
He slipped into his sweatpants and headed to the door before turning back to me. He didn’t say anything. Just looked at me. It was like he was reaching into my soul and trying to find out all of my feelings, my dirty and dark secrets. My fantasies. He didn’t need to look very far because when it came to him, my fantasies were all laid out on the table.
Jaron gave me one final look before leaving the room.
All breath left me when he walked out the door.
Lying down, I stared up at the ceiling. Time was what we both needed. Now that we had finally confessed our feelings for each other, it was like another piece fit into our puzzle. It was a start and maybe one day our love would truly conquer all.
While Jaron checked on Brynn, I tried falling asleep but all I could do was lay there. I rolled onto my side, facing away from the door when it opened.
The bed dipped behind me.
“She good?” I asked softly.
“She is,” he murmured. “Her pig had moved, and she couldn’t reach it. I put it in her arms, and she fell back asleep.”
“You know I don’t care what you did in jail, right?” I blurted. I brought his hands up to my mouth and repeated his actions. Kissing the tips of his fingers, I pushed my face into his palms. “I don’t care what you did to survive. You came back to me. You came back to your daughter. That’s what I care about.”
“I’m not that man you fell in love with.”
My gaze snapped to his. “I don’t care about that. I don’t care about any of it. What you did or who you did it to. You don’t have to deal with this alone.”
“I know.” He turned on his side, facing me. “Thank you but I need you to promise me something.”
I raised an eyebrow. “What’s that?”
“Even if we fight, never stop telling me that you love me.”
I stared at him. “Well let’s hope we don’t ever fight then.”
He scowled. “Piper, I mean it. Promise me. Promise that no matter how angry you are with me, don’t ever stop saying that you love me.”
My stomach flipped. “I promise.”
“Good.” He rolled over onto his back.
“But you have to promise too.”
“It’s not even a promise I have to make because I’ll always tell you I love you. No matter what.”
His words coaxed my eyes closed and for the first time since he came home, I actually believed him.
Piper
I was nervous. Beyondnervous actually. I hadn’t been on a date since I was a kid. Not that it ever really counted either. I was sixteen at the time and it didn’t turn out well. Not when I had my father’s navy brothers to scare my date.
“Is this him?” Angel crossed his arms under his broad chest, nodding toward Steven, my date.
“Uncle Angel.” I scowled, placing my hands on my hips, knowing he was trying to scare the poor guy who was currently trembling beside me.
“It is.” Dad mirrored his pose, letting his eyes wander down the length of Steven before clapping Angel’s shoulder. “This is the fucker who wants to take my baby on a date.”
“Um…Sir, I…” Steven stammered, his face paling even more.
I sighed, throwing my head back. God, where was Mom when I needed her? Oh yeah. She had gone out shopping with Aunt Jay. It was convenient timing if you asked me. It was like my dad knew, so that was why he agreed for me to go out on the date in the first place. Because Mom wouldn’t be home to keep him in line.
