Jaxson by Kris Keldaran Read Free Book Online Page A

Armani suit jacket he wore was tailor-made to accommodate his massive torso, just like the skintight yellow dress shirt and matching blue tie . The only concession he made was to wear blue jeans and polished leather harness boots.
    The doors opened, and he watched a steady stream of parishioners come out . Then he saw Kehau, laughing as she walked along, talking with an elderly woman leaning on a cane .
    Her eyes alighted on him, and she smiled even more broadly . He approached her and she greeted him with a kiss on the cheek .
    "Well , Kehaulani, who is this handsome young man?"
    "Aunty Ipo, this is Jaxson Kuznia."
    "Come closer, my old eyes aren't what they used to be."
    "Aunty, how can you say you're old ? You can't be more than twenty ?" Jax said, smiling down at the diminutive woman.
    " Twenty? Ha ! I'm old enough to have changed your grandfather's diapers boy." She looked up at Kehau and mock-whispered , "If I were just ten years younger, I'd charm him right out from underneath you."
    Kehau patted her hand . "You can try , Aunty, but I wouldn't play fair . Not for this one."
    Ipo cackled hysterically . "Good for you , Kehaulani." The elderly woman spared Jax a glance . "They don't make many men like this anymore."
    A car pulled up to the curb behind them.
    "Ah , here's my ride . You two keikis behave today . And Kehau?"
    "Yes , Aunty?"
    "If he makes you cry, I'll give him lickings myself . Wit da big spoon."
    "I 'll try to ruin her lipstick , Aunty, not her mascara , " Jax answered with a smirk.
    Ipo c ackled with glee as she climbed inside the car . Even as it pulled away, they could hear her.
    Jax turned to see Kehau standing there, hands on her hips.
    "If she dies laughing, it'll be your fault."
    "I can live with that."
    "You!" She poked him in the chest . "Are you always so impertinent?"
    "Are you always gorgeous?"
    She surprised him with a sudden hug and a kiss on the cheek . "I like hearing you say that."
    He pulled her in a little closer . "And I like seeing you . Especially when you're smiling."
    Kehau looked him in the eye s. "Take me for a walk . Please."
    Holding out his arm, Jax gave her a smile . "Lead on."
    The breeze blowing in off the ocean kept the temperature down as he walked her around the church property . Jax needed it because being around this woman made him hotter than an Afghan summer . And frankly, he wouldn't mind being back there right now, if only because he understood it better . Taking a patrol outside the wire didn't carry the emotional baggage and bullcrap that dealing with a possible relationship did . Still, for a woman like this, he'd try . And maybe because deep down I'm hopeful she's a very naughty girl . He looked around . No lightning strike . So far.
    “What’s on your mind?” he asked.
    Kehau sighed. “I’m very confused right now.”
    Oh boy . “Please, do share.”
    “I just got out of a relationship with Sione four months ago. Now you come along. You’re the first man I’ve been on a date with or kissed since him.”
    “Wow.”
    “Yeah. And I’m scared.”
    “That you might be jumping right into the same thing all over again?” he said, giving voice to her fears.
    “Or worse,” Kehau replied.
    He stopped walking to examine a bird-of-paradise flower on one side.
    “I told you I liked you,” he said without preamble. “Truth is, I like everything about you. And the more I get to know you, the more I want you in my life. I want you to be my girl, but I also want to take my time with this. We just met, however, I feel the pull to you, but I want to take it slow, be sure for both our sakes.”
    “Bad experiences with women before?”
    His eyes grew cloudy. “You could say that.” He gazed at her seriously. “The real question is, do you want it?”
    Her heart started to flutter. Boy, you have no idea just how much I want . Being around him like this made her whole body tingle. He was sexy in every way, perfectly carved, like a piece of statuary in the