You don’t say.
I step aside and let Jake in.
“I’m looking at the evidence right now.Call you tomorrow.Thanks Cass.”I hang up and toss my phone onto the bookshelf by the door.“What the hell happened?”
“Sounds like you already know.”Jake closes the gap and takes my hips.
I start to melt immediately.How the man can look so exceptionally hot in a pair of jeans, I don’t know.But he does.
I run my hands over his white T-shirt and stifle a moan as I feel his solid pecs under my palms.
The man is impossibly sexy.
“Who hit who first?”I ask, trying to stay on topic and not let him drag me up to my bedroom.
“Doesn’t matter.”
“Jake, this isn’t kindergarten.Was it Cole?”
“Are you going to call him?”
“Yes.”
“Then no.”
“So, you hit my brother first?”I frown.
Jake tips his head back and groans.“Caylee, let it go.”
I push his hard chest, waiting for his eyes to return to mine.“Jake, I need you to be friends.I want you to get along.If we—.”
His brows lift.
If we are going to spend our lives together...I nearly said it, and by the well-trained blank expression on his face as he studies mine, I know I’m racing much further ahead than he is.
Shit.
As shame starts to envelop me, I decide to face it front on.If we are on different paths, then perhaps we shouldn’t be doing this at all.
Bravely I lock our gazes.
“If we’re going to be in a relationship, then we need our families to be okay with us being together.Both of them.”
Jake suddenly grabs my hand, his grasp tight.I gasp, and he releases the tension and kisses my knuckles.
In hindsight?
I don’t know, but I can tell by his reaction that this is an uncomfortable topic.
“Slow down, baby.Your brother is sleep deprived, has just become a father and is recovering from Scarlett being kidnapped.I was part of that story, and now he’s found out I’m his sister’s ex.”
“Not anymore.”
“No, but give him time to catch up.Okay?”
I shrug, nod, and realize I’m just being impatient.Because I am.I want it all.I want to be that couple in love.I want my turn.
To get engaged.
