Total pages in book: 149
Estimated words: 151384 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 757(@200wpm)___ 606(@250wpm)___ 505(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 151384 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 757(@200wpm)___ 606(@250wpm)___ 505(@300wpm)
How would this guy have found out about the tattoo? About them? Sure, there had been a lot of publicity when the cult had been dismantled and raided by the FBI. But they’d all been minors and were kept out of the press.
“Hey, don’t worry.” Jenner crouched in front of her where she sat on the sofa in his suite. “Maeve is all right.”
“He might have hurt her, killed her,” she whispered.
“But he didn’t. She’s safe and this guy is dead. Now that her stalker is taken care of, we can all breathe easier.”
Immy guessed that was true. They no longer had to worry about Maeve’s stalker getting her. Or them.
Did that mean . . . she glanced over at Tobias.
“I suppose you’ll go back to New York and Alejandro,” Jenner said to Tobias.
She immediately wanted to protest. She didn’t want Tobias to go anywhere.
But this wasn’t about her. It would be selfish of her to want him to stay.
“I don’t know. I’ll talk to Alejandro. I’m here for the moment.” Tobias spoke to Jenner, but his gaze was on her. She couldn’t help but shiver in pleasure at having his full attention.
It was a heady feeling.
Then she noticed how Jenner was looking from her to him. What was he thinking?
“Do you have family there? Are you missing people?” she asked. Why hadn’t she asked him this before?
“No family, Cherry,” he replied gruffly.
But he didn’t say that he wasn’t missing people. Yep, she was definitely selfish.
“You should tell Alejandro that you want to go back,” she told him.
He actually grinned at her. “Tell him? Nope, I like living.”
Was he saying that Alejandro would kill him if he told him what he wanted? No, that was crazy.
“Alejandro wouldn’t kill you. He’s actually a very nice man,” she informed him. “Very reasonable. I’m sure if you tell him you want to go back he’d be more than happy to let you.”
Did Jenner just groan? And why did he have his face pressed against her thighs?
Not that she was complaining or anything.
He could put his face there anytime he liked.
Urgh, Immy! What are you thinking?
What was wrong with her?
“What? What is it?” she asked. Even Sampson was gaping at her now. He still had his phone to his ear. She thought he was trying to get hold of Isaiah or Abe.
She was worried about them both.
“Did you seriously just call Alejandro a nice, reasonable man?” Sampson asked. He walked over and placed the back of his hand over her forehead. “Nope. She hasn’t got a fever. That doesn’t explain why she’s delusional.”
“Hey! I’m not delusional!”
“Baby,” Jenner said in a low voice, smiling up at her.
God. He was so darn gorgeous.
“What?”
“Alejandro is many things, nice is not one,” Jenner told her.
“He’s always been nice to me.”
Jenner’s smile widened. “That’s because you’re Immy. How could he not be nice to you? Everyone has to be nice to my Twinkles. It’s the law.”
That was sweet and kind.
And totally not true.
But she found herself melting and smiling back at him.
“I want you to stay with me here tonight, all right?” Jenner said firmly. And she knew that while it might have sounded like a request, it really wasn’t.
And for some reason, as she nodded, she flicked her gaze to Tobias. He met her gaze steadily and she was the one who looked away first.
This was starting to get incredibly complicated.
“You’re going to take the bed. I’ll take the sofa, Twinkles.”
No.
That wasn’t happening.
“I’ll take the sofa. I’m shorter and you need a good night’s sleep.”
She didn’t think she’d sleep anyway.
There was too much running through her brain for her to sleep.
“You need a good night’s sleep, baby,” he insisted. “We don’t want you getting sick.”
Everyone was always so worried about her. Concerned for her health. And she got it. But sometimes, she felt like a bit of a burden.
“Hey, look at me.” Jenner walked over to where she was standing in the living room, feeling a bit lost.
Jenner had taken her to her room to get her things so she was hugging Snowy tight for comfort right now.
He gently cupped her chin, tilting her face back. God, she loved when he touched her like this.
“Listen to me, nothing is going to happen to you.”
He’d misunderstood her reaction.
“It’s not about me. I was so scared for Maeve. Thank God she’s all right. I just . . . he’s dead so that should be the end of things, right?”
So why did she feel so weird? As if something bad was coming and she couldn’t stop it.
“He’s dead,” Jenner said firmly. “Maeve is safe and Gray will keep her that way. You are safe and we will keep you that way.”
“I want you guys to all be safe too.”
He gave her that sweet smile. The one he saved for his family. Jenner was charming and gorgeous. Women all over the country swooned over him. But he only gave his family this smile, this gentleness.