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My heart slams against my chest. “I missed you.”
“Do you believe me? You mean a hell of a lot to me, Tegan. There was no girl.” Jax holds my chin in one hand forcing me to look at him.
My stomach lurches for a moment and I can't move my face from his grip. The concern in his eyes pushes away my last doubt about his sincerity, and he holds me here as if I might change my mind and walk away again. “If I thought that was true, I wouldn't be in this position with you right now.”
Jax shifts his hands and seizes my head, suffocating me with another kiss as he grips my hair in both hands. My legs shake, mind blown by how a reunion after such short time can prompt such an intense reaction.
“There’re plenty of other positions you could be in,” he whispers against my ear.
I giggle and squirm against his tickling breath. “And I’m sure that you’re going to show me.”
“You bet.”
One thing, which constantly burns between Jax and me, is the intensity of our physical lust when we’re together. The moment he touches my skin, the desire triggers. The second his mouth touches mine, common sense leaves. We constantly crave each other with a passion overriding everything I should be cautious about. Jax yields to me as easily as I to him. The inexplicable and dangerous attraction has fused us in a sudden and frightening way.
The man whose touch is pulling me away from the real world and back into the intensity of our place, has a grip on me, and he won’t let go. What worries me more is I don’t want Jax to let me go. The girl who refuses to be constrained has been dragged into something where control over her life loosens every day.
* * *
I snuggle with Jax in bed, with room service and movies, hiding in our world where nobody else can touch us. We haven’t left the hotel room all day and don’t intend to.American Sniperwasn’t my choice of movie, or one that interests me; but I’m with Jax, and right now, that’s enough. Something about Jax's presence soothes me, a natural connection to match the intense physical one.
Although part of me screams not to, I can trust this man.
“We should keep things as they are,” I say and shift around on the bed to face him.
Jax trails fingers along my arm and raises an eyebrow. “What? In bed all the time?”
“No, the world thinking we're not a couple.”
The raised brow switches to a frown. “What? Why? I thought you said you were fine with what happened in Amsterdam.”
“I am, but the situation had me thinking we could use this to our advantage.”
“Right…”
“Obviously people on the tour will notice, but let's keep out of the spotlight? I’ll confirm Jax Lewis dumped me.”
“Huh!” He pokes me in the side. “Not gonna happen.”
“What? Pretending we’re not together?”
“No. Dumping you. Awesome chick and awesome sex. Why would I?”
I can list a number of reasons, but why spoil the moment with practicality? I push Jax’s fringe from his eyes. “True. Lucky you.”
“Oh, yeah, I know I am.” He wraps me in his arms. “Cool by me if you want to keep this quiet.”
“We should've done in the first place,” I say and rest my head against his shoulder.
“I guess.” Something in his voice suggests he doesn’t share the sentiment.
“I think it's the only way, Jax. I can't live my life under a microscope.”
“But you still want us, together?”
“If you can do one thing for me.”
He twists to look at me. “Sure. What?”
