Bittersweet (Redemption #3) - Jessica Prince Page 0,85

tight.

This was where she was meant to be, right here with me, in my arms. And that was exactly where I planned on keeping her for the rest of our lives.

Chapter Twenty-Four

Shane

It felt like all the muscles in my body had melted, turning to jelly from the pleasure I’d just received. As unfathomable as it was, I had somehow managed to forget just how damn good Jensen was in the bedroom.

Now, in the aftermath of coming together for the first time in years, we were doing what we’d always done back when we were together after he made love to me. We lay curled up together, Jensen on his back, one of his long, thick arms cocked behind his head and the other wrapped tightly around me so he could hold me partially against his side and partially on top of him with my head nestled against his shoulder.

“What are you thinkin’ about over there, sunshine?” he murmured, his rich, gravelly voice sending shivers through me.

“I’m not thinking about a whole lot of anything at the moment. I think you might have broken my brain.”

My whole body shook against his when he let loose a low chuckle and I felt my cheeks pinch as I smiled big and turned to nuzzle my nose into his chest. “Glad to know I’m up to snuff.”

“Oh bunny, you’re more than up to snuff,” I said, lifting my head with that goofy grin still in place.

“You know, I wasn’t sure we’d ever get back to this. I’d hoped, fuck I prayed for it, but I knew it was a long shot. Now that I got you back, surprises the shit outta me to say this, but I missed the hell outta bunny.”

It was my turn to laugh as I snuggled even deeper against him, propping my chin on my hands. “I’m really happy right now,” I admitted softly. “You have no idea how much I’ve missed you.”

He sifted his fingers into my hair, dragging from my scalp all the way to the ends. “I think I might have some idea, sunshine.” I let out a dreamy sigh and dropped my head back onto his shoulder, feeling lighter than I had in years. “Glad you’re happy baby, and last thing I wanna do is take anything away from that. I’ve been waiting for this for what feels like an eternity, but there’s still some stuff we really need to talk about. First and foremost, how did you find out about the bar fight?”

Until that moment I’d forgotten all about my run-in with that horrible woman. The past few hours had been so amazing, it felt like that confrontation had happened a lifetime ago. It was a massive bummer that I was going to have to put a pin in the little bubble of happy we’d been floating in all night, but my aunt’s words from earlier popped into my head just then, and I decided right then and there I was done waiting for the other shoe to drop. Jensen and I were going to build something solid, and I was done letting his parents ruin our future.

Letting out a sigh, I wrapped my arm around his chiseled stomach and squeezed. “Okay, so, before I tell you, I need you to promise me you’re gonna keep your cool.”

His body went still beneath me. “Why do I get the feeling this is about to take a turn?”

I pulled my lips between my teeth and bit down as I sat up, twisting around so I was facing him while holding the sheet up over my naked chest like a shield. “I was at the grocery store with Brantley this morning, and, well . . . your mother was there.”

At those words, he pushed up to sitting, bracing himself against the headboard. I tried not to get distracted by all that naked, tanned flesh stretched tantalizingly over all the ridges that had been created by the muscles in his pecs, abs and arms. Man, his body was insane!

“What? That doesn’t make sense. She wouldn’t be caught dead doing something like shopping for her own groceries.”

“I don’t think she was there to stock up her pantry, Jensen. I think . . . I think she was following me.”

He went completely rock solid. Silence enveloped the room as the air shifted. The chill suddenly coming off Jensen made the whole room feel like it had gone ten degrees cooler, and when he spoke next, the quiet fury and malice dripping