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Authors: Jenika Snow
Brianna mauling him. Jonas met her on the other side of the table and took hold of her elbow in a gentle grip. Fire licked across her flesh at that simple touch, and she took a deep breath. Lifting her hand at Rian and murmuring her goodbye to Tanner she followed Jonas out of the bar and toward his truck. Like the gentleman he was, he held the door open for her and helped her in. He made his way around the front of the truck, and her temperature increased tenfold at his sexy stride. There was just something so sexy about a man who didn’t realize the effect he had on women, and Jonas was one of those guys. He climbed in and started the truck. In a matter of minutes they were on the road and headed toward her parents’ house.
“You really didn’t have to leave your date and take me home. I’m sure Rian could have met up with the waitress later on.” Just thinking about her brother and the waitress sent a nasty feeling through her, but then again thinking of Tanner and Jonas with those women had the same effect, well, almost the same.
“Nah, it’s cool. I’m not really into taking random chicks home.” Sasha didn’t point out he looked pretty cozy with the trashy blonde. “So, you know where you are thinking of living? You want to rent or buy?” He glanced over at her and smiled. The easygoing was he started a conversation with her was a nice distraction. She hadn’t really thought about it, but now that he mentioned it she knew she had to get on that. She loved her parents, but certainly wasn’t going to live with them, not at twenty-two years old.
“I haven’t really thought about it, but I suppose I should do that pretty soon.”
“If you want I can take you around to some of the places I know are on the market?”
She looked over at him, a bit surprised by his offer. “Really?”
He looked over at her and knit his brows, as if what she had just said was the most ludicrous thing in the world. “Of course. I’d do anything for you, Sasha.” His words were spoken so reverently, were so heartfelt, that she felt a wealth of emotion. “Hey, you okay?” Jonas pulled the car off to the side of the road and put it in park. He turned his body toward her, and it was the look of concern that had the tears spilling free.
They just came and came, and Sasha felt incredibly stupid, but she couldn’t stop them. The next thing she knew was that she was in Jonas’s arms and he was murmuring against her hair. Her sobbing made it impossible to hear exactly what he said, but she could tell the words were meant to soothe her. Sasha had no idea what had gotten into her. Maybe it was the fact she was finally realizing that she had wasted so many years with unjust fears and worries, and letting her emotions and hurt from when she was eighteen cloud her judgment and keep her away. She was older now, an adult and everything negative that happened until this particular moment seemed so frivolous. There had been countless times she thought about that night with Tanner. She knew how he was, yet she had let her teenage dreams and wants shape the reality of the situation. She needed to make things different, and that was going to start right now.
Jonas held her and let her cry, and after what felt like forever her tears finally dried, and she forced herself away from him. Humiliation over the fact she had broken down in front of him was strong inside of her, and she couldn’t bring herself to face him. But his finger under her chin forced her head up and took that option away from her.
“Did someone hurt you?” The way his voice hardened and a dark look that crossed her face had her shaking her head vehemently.
“No, no. It’s nothing like that.”
“Then what is it, Sasha?” He used his thumbs to brush the wetness away from her cheeks and kept his eyes on hers.
Like she could really tell him that she was in love with him and Tanner, and that she had giving her virginity to his brother years ago, and was afraid
“You really didn’t have to leave your date and take me home. I’m sure Rian could have met up with the waitress later on.” Just thinking about her brother and the waitress sent a nasty feeling through her, but then again thinking of Tanner and Jonas with those women had the same effect, well, almost the same.
“Nah, it’s cool. I’m not really into taking random chicks home.” Sasha didn’t point out he looked pretty cozy with the trashy blonde. “So, you know where you are thinking of living? You want to rent or buy?” He glanced over at her and smiled. The easygoing was he started a conversation with her was a nice distraction. She hadn’t really thought about it, but now that he mentioned it she knew she had to get on that. She loved her parents, but certainly wasn’t going to live with them, not at twenty-two years old.
“I haven’t really thought about it, but I suppose I should do that pretty soon.”
“If you want I can take you around to some of the places I know are on the market?”
She looked over at him, a bit surprised by his offer. “Really?”
He looked over at her and knit his brows, as if what she had just said was the most ludicrous thing in the world. “Of course. I’d do anything for you, Sasha.” His words were spoken so reverently, were so heartfelt, that she felt a wealth of emotion. “Hey, you okay?” Jonas pulled the car off to the side of the road and put it in park. He turned his body toward her, and it was the look of concern that had the tears spilling free.
They just came and came, and Sasha felt incredibly stupid, but she couldn’t stop them. The next thing she knew was that she was in Jonas’s arms and he was murmuring against her hair. Her sobbing made it impossible to hear exactly what he said, but she could tell the words were meant to soothe her. Sasha had no idea what had gotten into her. Maybe it was the fact she was finally realizing that she had wasted so many years with unjust fears and worries, and letting her emotions and hurt from when she was eighteen cloud her judgment and keep her away. She was older now, an adult and everything negative that happened until this particular moment seemed so frivolous. There had been countless times she thought about that night with Tanner. She knew how he was, yet she had let her teenage dreams and wants shape the reality of the situation. She needed to make things different, and that was going to start right now.
Jonas held her and let her cry, and after what felt like forever her tears finally dried, and she forced herself away from him. Humiliation over the fact she had broken down in front of him was strong inside of her, and she couldn’t bring herself to face him. But his finger under her chin forced her head up and took that option away from her.
“Did someone hurt you?” The way his voice hardened and a dark look that crossed her face had her shaking her head vehemently.
“No, no. It’s nothing like that.”
“Then what is it, Sasha?” He used his thumbs to brush the wetness away from her cheeks and kept his eyes on hers.
Like she could really tell him that she was in love with him and Tanner, and that she had giving her virginity to his brother years ago, and was afraid