LETHALLY ENTANGLED

C.O.B.R.A. BOOK 1

���Stop being so damn defensive andlisten to me. I don���t want anything to happen to you. I can���t go through thatagain.���

He grabbedmy chin in his hands and stared deep into my eyes. I swallowed hard under theintensity of his gaze and blinked away the sudden tears that pricked at thecorners of my eyes.

���I���m fine. A little banged up, but I���m fine.���

���No. You���re not. You���re a basket case over this shit with your mom andnow someone is trying to take your ass out. You don���t have to pretend with me,Baby Girl.���

I jerked away from him. ���I���m not some delicate little flower that isgoing to wither and die. I���m going to get to the bottom of all of this.���

He walked so close to me, that I could smell the scent of his cologne.Earthy and mysterious, it clouded my senses.

���No one isan island, Reese. You came to me about Angela. That means that somewhere deepinside, you know you can trust me. Let me on that island with you.���

���Don���t youthink you���re being a little melodramatic? I. Came. To. You. Not Pierce. To you.This has nothing to do with trust.���

���That���swhere you���re kidding yourself, Reesie. We���re so much alike you can���t even seeit. We keep things on the surface. We don���t let people in, and we think we canhandle everything on our own. Sometimes, you just can���t. It���s eating you up insidethat you even need my help. Yeah, you came to me, but it was reluctantly.���

I pointed a finger at his chest. ���You���re wrong. I came to you because youmake me feel safe.���

Damn it. Whythe fuck did I say that?

Jax���s eyesstretched wider before he reached for both my hands, taking them in his largerones. Heat radiated from his palms or was that the heat of my embarrassment forsaying something so damn mushy?

���I���m always going to keep you safe, Reesie. I swear on my life.���

The airbetween us was charged, as if electricity ran through it. There was a shifthappening between us. I felt it and I knew when he did, too. His hands droppedmine and settled around my waist.

No.

This wasn���t about to happen.

Was it?

I rose on mytiptoes as he slowly lowered his head at the same time. I read the question inhis eyes.

���Yes,��� I whispered.

I pressed my lips to his and kissed him without reserve.

This was really happening.

Lethally Entangled coming soon!