Total pages in book: 73
Estimated words: 68195 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 341(@200wpm)___ 273(@250wpm)___ 227(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 68195 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 341(@200wpm)___ 273(@250wpm)___ 227(@300wpm)
That was news to me, but I didn’t let on to not knowing what she was talking about.
I must've dozed off, because it was maybe half an hour later that I woke up to find Thorn sitting next to me, while the nurse bustled about outside the room.
My throat, though a tad better, was still on fire and I'd upgraded to hell warmed over in the feelings stakes.
As soon as he realized my eyes were open he placed his hand once more against my forehead. "Come."
He picked me up and held me close to his chest, as once again we were in motion.
He said thanks to the nurse who seemed about ready to genuflect, and I noticed two things at once; one, he had the most amazing voice I've ever heard.
A slight accent that I couldn't quite place but if I had to take a guess I'd say Russian or Eastern European. And two, he had a strange affect on the female of the species, even the older ones apparently.
He held me up between him and what I barely had time to notice was his car as he unlocked the door and sat me inside. "Where...?"
"Ssh..." Another kiss to my brow and I was seat belted in, chair reclined and he was on his way to the other side.
As sick as I was my heart was still doing its crazy dance, and my pulse was off the charts; how could it not be?
This was the first time I'd been in the presence of my beautiful boy for more than a nanosecond outside of a dream.
Maybe that was a good thing, because, if my heart acted this way from his mere presence alone, who knows what would happen if we actually had a conversation, the poor thing might jump right out and do a happy dance.
As it was, I was happy enough to lie there and watch him from beneath slitted lids.
He turned the key in the ignition, looked over his shoulder and then did something that was sure to send me into cardiac shock! He took my hand in his.
Why I found that to be the sexiest thing I'd ever experienced who knows, but for my young inexperienced soul it was.
I found it passing strange that only this morning I'd reserved to end whatever little...whatever this was, only to be thwarted by my own body's weakness.
He didn't just hold my hand either, no, he held my hand, there's a difference. He wrapped his larger one around my seemingly very tiny one, sharing his warmth with me.
But it was the way he held it, like he'd never let go; I think I just might cry after all.
I felt safe and warm in his presence, and his scent did something strange to my senses. It was the same scent that now clung to me, but from the source it was much more potent and heady.
I actually found myself sniffing him on the sly and damn if he didn’t turn those predatory orbs on me and smile. Like he knew exactly what I was up to.
Lifting our joined hands he placed his lips across my knuckles and that’s all she wrote.
My young system went into overload as my heart pounded, my pulse raced and something deep inside me opened like a blossoming petal.
I wanted to ask him if he too was experiencing this attack on the senses, but thought better of it, why would he? He could probably have any female he desired, there’s no way he would be mooning over a little pale faced nobody like me.
He squeezed my hand just as that painful thought clenched my heart and again I caught that slight shake of his head, just before I felt nothing but calm and peace.
I dozed off again and only woke when I felt the shift in the engine that said we were coming to a stop.
We pulled up to my house and I was surprised to see my dad's truck parked there, he wasn't due home for quite some time yet.
Thorn came around to release me just as dad stepped outside with a worried frown on his face. My beautiful boy didn't seem too worried about the father figure standing there, watching him as though he wanted to grill him or rake him over the coals; I'm not sure which.
"Chief Tanning, our Jasmine is sick did you get everything I asked for?" It's not good to have mini Os in the presence of your father Jasmine Ashley Tanning, but that voice.
How could I help it, and why had I never noticed its heated affect before? Granted he's said maybe less than five words to me in our entire existence, but I should've realized before now.
He looked down at me with a slight smirk on his face and I got the eerie suspicion that he'd heard every thought I'd just had.