Jared (The Protectors #2)(19)
“Oh.” Her eyes, still wide, stayed on his. She didn’t even think she had blinked.
“You okay?” Jared noticed the darkness under her eyes.
“Ah, yeah, I’m good.” Tessa finally looked away. Could she sound more like an idiot?
Jared grasped her chin in his hand bringing her gaze back to his. “Do not lie to me.” His voice was silky smooth in his demand.
As if his voice was truth serum, Tessa wanted to confide everything to him, wanted to fall to her knees and beg for him to take care of her and her brother. That last thought snapped her head back and out of his grasp. Where in the hell had that thought come from. She didn’t need a man to take care of her. Ugh….she was definitely losing it. She was a strong, independent woman….standing in a hallway half naked talking to the hottest guy she had ever laid eyes on….maybe he could just take care of some of her needs…..
“Tessa.”
His voice brought her out of her fantasy, a fantasy of him taking care of a specific need and he was standing right in front of her….holy hell. What was wrong with her? “Let me grab a shower then I’ll make some breakfast and coffee.” Tessa replied her voice shaky and hurried.
“Take your time.” His reply had a sexy tremor to it making her nipples harden.
Clasping her towel and clothes to her chest in a death grip she moved past him, her eyes on the bathroom door hoping to God he wasn’t watching her. Cellulite sucked the life out of trying to appear sexy in front of a man, not that she was trying to appear sexy, but still. Tessa quickly shut herself into the bathroom. Leaning against the door blowing her hair out of her eyes, she glanced at herself in the mirror and frowned. “That’s a heartache you don’t need girl.” She told herself before she got a real good look at her appearance. Her hair was smashed to the side of her head on one side while the other side was frizzed and kinked out in all different directions. Oh yeah, she looked as far from sexy as anyone could get. Rolling her eyes she dropped her clothes on the floor. She looked down at her shirt, her nipples still pointing straight out. “You’re in deep shit.” Her reflection told her.
Chapter 8
Tessa headed downstairs, the aroma of bacon making her stomach grumble. The sight of Jared standing over her stove barefoot flipping the grease popping bacon sent a zing of yearning through her and that was so not a good thing.
“Hey sis.” Adam smiled while making a pot of coffee, looking happier than she’d seen him since this whole ordeal began.
“How you feeling?” Tessa noticed there wasn’t any eggs out yet and headed to the fridge.
“Awesome.” Adam beat her to it and handed her the carton of eggs. “Haven’t felt this good in a while.” His grin widened when Jared chuckled as he worked over the bacon. “Gonna grab a shower. Make a lot of scrambled eggs, I’m starved.” He gave her a big goofy grin before heading upstairs.
Figuring she really didn’t want to know what was so funny, Tessa reached up into the cabinet above the stove to grab a bowl, but as usual she was too short. Stretching up on tip toes she reached further.
A hand landed beside hers on the counter as a body pressed against her back pinning her against the counter. A muscular arm reached beside her face up to where her hand reached taking control of the bowl she was going for. “Let me get that for you.” Jared’s breath tickled her arm raising goose bumps where goose bumps hadn’t been for a long time.
“Thanks.” Tessa’s voice betrayed her with its huskiness as she took the bowl from him without turning around.
He leaned down close. “You’re welcome.” This time his breath moved her hair, tickling her ear.
Before turning she glanced down at her shirt hoping to God her nipples were behaving, and sure enough they weren’t. Damn him and her nips. Grabbing the eggs, she broke them into the bowl, added salt, pepper and a little milk. Reaching over Tessa grabbed the handle on the skillet Jared had used for the bacon so she could get some grease for the eggs, dropping it instantly grabbing her burnt fingers. “Ouch.”
Jared caught the skillet before it hit the floor. “Careful.” He grabbed her hand, seeing angry red welts on her fingers he quickly put one in his mouth cooling the burn instantly with his tongue.
Tessa couldn’t take her eyes off her finger in Jared’s mouth. Never had she had her finger sucked on by a man let alone a man who looked like this and damn if she didn’t like it…a lot.
Tessa pulled her finger out of Jared’s mouth with a loud pop, a hot flush burning her cheeks. “What are you doing?” She grabbed her hand to her chest.
“It should help.” Jared chuckled, but his eyes burned her to the spot. “Our salvia speeds up healing.”
Eyeing him she lifted her hand and looked at her finger, which wasn’t burning anymore and by the looks of it the redness was gone.
“Let me see your other fingers.” Jared reached for her hand, but she pulled away.
“Ah….no, I’m good.” She lied, she wasn’t good. She wanted her other fingers in his mouth to feel the soothing touch of his tongue. What the hell was he doing to her?
“Hey.” Matt walked into the kitchen his hair an indication he just woke up.
“What!” Tessa jumped away from Jared her voice so loud Matt jumped his eyes widening. More embarrassment colored her cheeks when Jared cocked his eyebrow at her.