Page 46 of Bourbon Deceit
Instantly feeling regret, I walked closer to him and started to apologize, but he held up his hand to stop me.
“You want to know why I was feeling sorry for myself? Because the girl that I’m falling in love with went off with another man, committed herself to someone else.”
Love? There was no way he was talking about me, not a fat chance in hell, but as I stood there, thinking about what he was saying, his eyes roamed my body and I realized at that moment that Kacewastalking about me. All this time I just thought the guy hated me.
“What?”
“Forget it,” Kace said, as he pushed me out the door.
“Stop! What are you talking about, Kace?”
“I said, forget it.”
He opened his door and stood up straight when he saw who was behind me. I spun around to see Jett walking down the hallway with his hands in his pockets. When he looked up and saw me, his jaw tensed.
“What are you doing down here?”
Still thrown off by what Kace had said, I stumbled as I replied, “I, uh, just wanted to tell Kace about my new role.”
“I can handle that,” Jett said as he came up behind me and wrapped an arm around my shoulders, claiming me right in front of Kace.
The tension between the two men started to build in the hallway.
“I just wanted to make sure everything was clear.”
“Everything is, isn’t it, Kace?” Jett said in a menacing tone.
“Crystal,” Kace said as he pushed past both of us. “Practice in ten, Lo. That’s if you want to join us.”
With that, Kace walked off and left Jett and me standing in the hallway.
“Why were you down here?” Jett asked, clearly angry.
“I told you, I wanted to make sure Kace knew I wasn’t to do lap dances anymore.”
“You don’t need to come down here, Goldie. I communicate with Kace every day; I can take care of that business.”
“Okay, sorry. I was just trying to help,” I said softly as I entwined my fingers together.
I’d learned so much information in the past five minutes that my mind was spinning. I didn’t have enough energy to try to sass Jett right now and stick up for myself. I was still reeling over Kace’s confession. He was falling in love with me? Jett hadn’t even said that to me yet, and he’s had his tongue spread all over every orifice of my body.
Not really paying attention, I was startled when Jett grabbed me and pulled me into his chest. He kissed the top of my head and said, “I don’t trust him.”
I didn’t blame Jett! But I didn’t tell him that.
“No need to worry.”
“I have issues, Goldie, issues that run deep, and I don’t like you hanging out down here. It isn’t good for my head.”
I had no clue what he was talking about but I felt the tension in his back and knew this was him trying to open up, so I cleared my head of the past five minutes and focused on Jett.
I grabbed the sides of his head and said, “I’m sorry. I didn’t realize this made you uncomfortable.” I kissed his chin and continued, “I promise you when I say, you have nothing to worry about. I’m yours, Jett.”
He nodded his head and the vulnerable Jett that I was beginning to love pressed his forehead against mine. There was something so special about a powerful man being able to drop his façade and break down in front of you. It made him real and it only made me fall for the man even more.
“Fuck, I don’t act like this.” His vulnerability turned to anger in a matter of seconds, slightly scaring me. “I don’t show weaknesses, ever.” Hello Mr. Moody.
“It’s okay, Jett—”
