Obsession (Steel Brothers Saga 2)

“I didn’t. At least, I never wanted to. Not until her.”

“And her is?”

“I told you about her before. My sister’s best friend. Her name is Jade.”

“That’s a very pretty name.”

I nodded. It was a pretty name. It was perfect for Jade. It sounded like warmth and caring and giving.

“So is Jade why you came in here, then?”

I nodded again. “Yeah. I scared myself the last time we were together.”

“How so?”

“We…had relations.”

“You mean you made love.”

I gulped. “Yes. Why is that so hard for me to say?”

“Because you’ve probably never made love to anyone before.”

“I’ve had plenty of experience.”

“You’ve had plenty of sex, you mean.”

I nodded. She was right.

“So what happened? You were making love…”

“Afterward, we were lying together. And I…fell asleep.”

“Okay. Nothing unusual about that.”

“It was for me. I don’t sleep very well. And I had never slept with another person before.”

“Never?”

I shook my head. “When I was in Iraq, I shared tents with the other guys sometimes. But this was…different.”

She smiled again. She had a nice, warm smile. No wonder Jonah had the hots for her.

“I would hope it was different.”

I couldn’t help a small chuckle at that. “I didn’t mean to fall asleep. Or maybe I did. I was going to stay with her through the night and through the next night as well.”

“Why?”

“It’s a long story. The guy I beat up was in town, her ex. He had taken her to dinner, which really pissed me off. So I didn’t want to let her out of my sight until this morning when we had court.”

“But you did let her out of your sight.”

“You know I did, because I was in here yesterday.”

She nodded. “Why?”

“When I fell asleep, I started dreaming and…” My skin compressed around my muscles, my nerves on edge. My legs cramped up, and I clenched the chair’s arm again.