Was that relief she saw in his eyes? It took her a second to realize he thought her comment about feeling guilty was abouthim.
She nearly smiled. Jenna felt a lot of things about what they did last night, but guilt was definitelynotone of them.
“It didn’t go to waste.”
“Huh?” She shook her thoughts away.
“The food.” Adrian explained. “It didn’t go to waste. There’s a center for homeless Vets a couple blocks from here. While you were sleeping, I called the guy who runs it. He and a buddy of his came and got the food.”
She’d slept through someone coming into the room and taking all the food? Adrian was right. Apparently, her body really did need the extra rest.
“That was nice of you.”
“What can I say?” He winked. “I’m a nice guy.”
Jenna’s insides tingled because, damn. When he winked at her like that, it made her want to drop the sheet and demand a repeat performance.
Instead, she smiled and said, “I’d better go shower and get dressed. Wouldn’t want the guy delivering our breakfast to see me in nothing but a sheet.”
The playfulness that had been in his eyes a second before vanished. “No one gets to see you like this, but me.”
Jenna started to chuckle but stopped when she caught sight of his hardened jaw. “You’re serious.”
“Damn straight, I’m serious.” Adrian got up and stalked toward her. “I don’t share, Jenna. We need to be clear on that. This…” He ran a finger over her collar bone, dipping down to the crevice between her breasts. “You’re mine, now. No one else’s.”
Her breath hitched. “And you?” She studied him closely. “Are you mine?”
“For as long as you want me.”
Oh, my.
“Okay.”
It was a totally lame response, but what else could she say?
Adrian’s eyes lit up with a smile that made him look years younger. “Okay.”
Jenna turned for the bathroom to avoid doing something stupid, like blurting outI love you.She wasn’t sure she was ready to go there yet, but her heart was definitely headed in that direction.
Which was probably crazy, considering they barely knew each other. Still, in some ways she felt like she’d known him forever.
Standing beneath the hot water, Jenna wondered what her psychologist friend would say.
More than likely, Elle would probably say it was just some sort of hero worship thing. That or she’d spout off some other clinical term to explain why Jenna was feeling what she was feeling about a man who was clearly dangerous.
Something other than the fact that she was falling for a man who used to kill people for the government. Who would’ve killed for her if he hadn’t been so worried about hurting her.
That. That right there.That’swhy you’re falling for him.
Not the killing part, of course. No, Jenna was falling hard for the man because hewasn’tthe uncaring bad boy he wanted everyone to believe him to be.
He could put on a damn good show. She’d witnessed it on more than one occasion. But there was more to Adrian Walker than most people knew.
Almost from the very beginning, she’d seen past the walls he’d built to the man she was now certain existed. If there was any doubt left, they were long gone, now.
Because there was a moment last night—several moments, in fact—when Jenna saw therealAdrian. The man who was attentive and kind. Who put her pleasure before his own. The man who, with a gentle touch and soft caress, had made her believe she truly meant something to him.
You’re mine, now.