Destined to Change by Lisa M. Harley Read Free Book Online Page B

about Declan, but Jaxon made me feel like it was okay, like I needed to talk about it.  He never looked at me with sadness.  I wasn’t sure what kinda look he was giving me, but it didn’t feel like he felt sorry for me.
    “Seems like Declan was a really great guy.  I’m sorry that the twins won’t get to know him.” Wow, he really surprised me. Those words and his gorgeous brown eyes were melting my heart.
    The waitress brought us our beers. Her hand lingered a little longer on Jaxon’s bottle than mine. Her eyes were just looking him up and down, and back again. I couldn’t believe she was blatantly flirting with him right in front of me. Sometimes I just couldn’t understand what the hell was wrong with people. It’s not like we were a couple or anything. But she didn’t know that.
    We sipped our beers and talked a little. Jaxon told me he was from Richmond, California. “I needed to get away from the big city for a while. There was some shit going on, that well, it was just better for me to get away.”
    “Are you running from the law, mister?” I joked.
    He shot me that sexy smirk, raised an eyebrow, and shrugged his shoulders.
    He could’ve been for all I knew. I didn't know anything about this guy. Since he was Jake’s nephew, and I trusted Jake with my life, I could only assume that he wouldn’t let me spend time with Jaxon if he was a bad guy.
    “What do you do? You know, for a living.”
    His eyes lit up as he explained, “I work on cars.  Old cars are my specialty.  I’ve always been kind of fascinated with them.  My mom says when I was little, I took everything in the house apart, just so I could see how it worked and then put it back together.  I kinda feel that way about cars.  I like to take a look under the hood and see what I can do to make her purr.”
    I don’t know if he meant to make it sound that way, but I was definitely blushing.  He gave me a little grin and took a swig of his beer.
    When we finished our beers, the waitress came over, and Jaxon ordered a couple more. I shot him a pissy look.
    “I know, pinky- swear and all, but I’m really having a good time getting to know you. And it’ll take more than a couple of beers to get me drunk,” He said with that damn, sexy smirk of his.
    I nodded as the waitress skulked away to get our order. When she got away from our table Jaxon leaned over, “Wanna dance?”
    I tried to slink down in my chair. I don’t dance, unless you count when I have the radio blaring and dance around my house, and I don’t think you count that. “I don’t really know how to dance.”
    “Just follow me, honey, and you’ll be a pro in no time.”
    He grabbed my hand and pulled me out to the makeshift dance floor, pressing me against his strong muscular chest. I couldn’t tell if the room was spinning, or if it was just my head. Just being that close to him was making me crazy. And then I did the one thing I shouldn’t have done - I looked up. Big, gorgeous brown eyes were staring down at me. I gulped and my heart literally skipped a beat.
    We danced through several slow country songs, never taking our eyes off of each other. I had never felt that connected to any other man besides Declan. Declan. He was never far from my thoughts, but I had to admit, I hadn’t been thinking about him much while Jaxon and I danced.
    When he started to lean down toward me, it just seemed natural. He brushed his lips along my neck right below my ear. I shuddered from my head to my toes and everywhere in between. He looked down at me through those long brown eyelashes and gently pressed his lips to mine. The kiss was soft and sweet.
    But when he tried to slide his tongue into my mouth, I pulled away and found myself screaming, “What the hell?”  I ran to the bathroom and as soon as I slammed the door behind me, he was knocking on it.
    “I’m so sorry, Loralei. I didn’t mean anything by it.” He was quiet for a moment. “Oh, shit I did, I needed to