Текст книги "Being a Jett Girl"
Автор книги: Meghan Quinn
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Chapter Thirty Seven
“Love of My Life”
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The bounce of my leg kept my beating heart steady as I sat on my bed and thought about the words that rang from Jett’s lips. “Was it even a choice?” I couldn’t lie, it fucking stung to hear him utter such words.
Diego tried to calm me down in the car but I ignored him as the street lanterns of New Orleans passed us by in a blur. My mind felt calm, calmer than it’s felt in a while because I knew what I had to do.
Without a knock, my door burst open and Jett stood in the doorframe, gorgeous as ever wearing his tux with his tie undone and his hair in a mess from the stress he put himself through tonight. I didn’t move, I didn’t waiver as he strode to my bed while shutting the door at the same time. He fell to his knees in front of me and clasped his hands over mine.
“Goldie,” he choked out, looking up at me with desperation. My hand went to his face and caressed his cheek. “God, I’m so sorry. I hope you know that I didn’t mean any of that, that you’re always my number one.”
“Am I?” I asked with a little bit of emotion lacing my voice.
He sat up and looked up at me. “Of course you are, how could you think that you aren’t?”
A part of me wanted to believe him, that I was his number one, that I was the only thing that mattered but that wasn’t the case, especially tonight and to be honest I was okay with that because he was a good man and fighting for a good thing. I couldn’t hold that against him.
“Jett, you have one of the sweetest hearts I’ve ever come across. You don’t like to take credit but you change so many people’s lives. You saved Kace, you gave Diego a second chance, you’ve sheltered and educated the girls, you’re bending over backwards to help the Boys and Girls of New Orleans by sacrificing everything that makes you happy to give them a place to play, a place to grow up in. Am I number one in your life? No, but I’m okay with it because the people, the causes that come before me are deserving of your attention.”
“But that’s not true,” he said but I placed my fingers over his lips.
“It’s commendable that you’re willing to put everyone before your own needs.”
“You’re all I need,” he said quickly.
Running my hand through his hair, I answered, “I know that but like I said, you put everyone else before you, which means that I get a back seat to everything.”
“Goldie, that’s not what I want you to think. It’s just hard right now. I wasn’t expecting to…” He paused as his hands twisted in mine. “I wasn’t expecting to fall for you and this all happened in the middle of a deal I’m trying to make.”
“And I’m okay with that,” I said reassuringly. “I get it, Jett. I promise you I do but there comes a time where you need to stop trying to protect everyone else and protect yourself. I’m a big girl and I can handle my own against anyone.”
“These are dangerous men…”
“I’ve been through hell, Jett, and you coming into my life was by far the best thing that’s ever happened to me and I will forever cherish that.”
He perked up and sat down next to me on my bed. “I don’t like the way you’re talking to me right now, Goldie,” he responded seriously.
With a deep breath, I reached behind my neck and unclasped my necklace. I let it fall into my hand as I looked directly into Jett’s eyes. The look of devastation crossed his features as he took in the meaning of my gesture.
“Little one…” His throat tightened. “Wh-what are you doing?”
I opened his hand and placed the necklace in his hand and clasped his fingers around it. I bent forward, pulled a suitcase that was packed out from under my bed and stood. My chest burned and my stomach flipped as I looked into Jett’s gaze. Tears welled in his eyes as he watched me stand.
My hand cupped his chin and my lips gently kissed his. When I pulled away, my hand gripped the back of his neck as I said, “You’ve been saving me, protecting me and giving me the chance to live for the past couple of months, it’s about time that I returned the favor.”
“By leaving? By breaking my fucking heart?” Anger started to sear through his gaze as he clutched the necklace he gave me.
“No, Jett, by taking matters into my own hands. It’s about damn time that someone stuck up for you and protected you.”
“I don’t need to be protected, I just need you, Goldie. This is all over tomorrow…”
“It’s not and we both know it. There is only one way to fix this and I’m the one to do it.”
I walked toward the door but he stood and clasped his hand around my wrist, pulling me into him. His lips found mine in a carnal force that I wasn’t expecting. The bag I was carrying dropped from my hand and my hands ran up the front of his chest and clasped around his cheeks. Tears spilled over my eyes as my love for the man in my arms encompassed me. I loved him…so damn much that I was willing to do whatever it took to make him happy, to make us happy.
With force, I pulled away and looked up at him. Tears glistened his eyes as well.
“Don’t do this, don’t do this to me, Goldie. Please, don’t’ leave me.” The vulnerability seeping from Jett was like a knife to the gut, I was two seconds from breaking and giving him what he wanted but knew it wasn’t what needed to be done. Instead, I pulled out a box from my suitcase and handed it to him.
“Open it,” I said while looking down at his hands that were shaking.
With a deep breath and confused look, he opened the box and a small smile hit the corners of his mouth. He pulled out a watch with a green face and gold numbers.
I placed my hands against his chest and said, “Have a little faith in the power I have, Jett. Trust me with your heart because I promise you that it’s the most treasured gift I will ever receive from you.” I placed the necklace he gave me in the box and said, “Keep this safe for me for now. When I come back, because I will be back, I will be requesting that you collar me again…that is if you’ll take me.”
“I always will,” he said breathlessly.
I took the watch from him and placed it on his wrist. It was a perfect fit.
I traced the face and said, “Green for faith and gold for power. This watch means that even though we are apart right now, you’re mine and you need to have faith in me and in time, the power we crave, the power we have for each other will soon be ours to keep…forever.” I kissed him again and said, “This isn’t goodbye, Jett, this is only the beginning.”
With that, I left the room and took off down the stairs to the taxi that was waiting for me. As the cab drove away, I looked up into the room I once occupied and saw Jett, staring down at me. His hair was tousled and his eyes were wet with emotions. I turned away, not being able to stand to see him in such a state and tried to push back the feelings that were coursing through me. It was game time. I was getting what I wanted and there was only one place to start.
The dark night of New Orleans fell upon me as we pulled up to my destination and then I paid the cabby. With my suitcase in my hand, I took a deep breath and knocked on the front door. Anxiety wrestled with my nerves as I waited patiently for the door to open.
The sound of locks turning echoed through the night and when the door opened, light flooded the entryway. I put on my best smile and puffed my chest out. I could do this for me, but most importantly, for Jett.
A smile met mine as I stepped inside the grand entryway.
“Why hello, kitten. You’ve just made my night.”
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Table of Contents
Copyright
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty Two
Chapter Twenty Three
Chapter Twenty Four
Chapter Twenty Five
Chapter Twenty Six
Chapter Twenty Seven
Chapter Twenty Eight
Chapter Twenty Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty One
Chapter Thirty Two
Chapter Thirty Three
Chapter Thirty Four
Chapter Thirty Five
Chapter Thirty Six
Chapter Thirty Seven
