Christin Lovell [Vamp Chronic Hit the Road Jack (epub)

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.“Wow.Who would have thought? Aunt Claire and Auggy.Never pictured them two together,” I stated.“There are a lot of odd couplings on this earth Lexi.What matters is that the love is there,” Al stated, looking poignantly at me.“You don’t have to worry Al.I love Kellan.”“I’m not worried about him Lexi.I’m worried about you.You’re a lot like Beth.You love too easily, even the ones who don’t deserve your love.”I couldn’t argue.I didn’t know if he was right given the amount of hatred I’d built for Mike before I lashed out at him, but I couldn’t find an example to prove him wrong with either.“Thanks Al.I really do appreciate everything you’ve done to help us.”“You’re like a daughter to me Lexi.I’m not warm and fuzzy like Beth, but it doesn’t mean I don’t care.”“I’ve known.I don’t think you would be here if you didn’t.” He nodded, shoving his hands in the pockets of his trousers.“Thanks again.” Giving in to my whim, I hugged him.His arms went around me, reminiscent of my own father.The tears immediately began to gather at the thought of him.I tried not to think about my parents because they would always be my vulnerable spot.I’d accepted that I couldn’t have changed what happened, but I didn’t accept what happened quite yet either.I pulled away, running my fingers beneath my lids to stop any tears from falling.“Go relax for a bit.I’ll be over later.”“Ok.” I was ready to escape the room and the emotional truth that hung there.Chapter 27“Hey,” I smiled as I fell into the spot beside Kellan on the sofa.I curled up into him and pulled out the red iPod nano; I’d stopped to get it from our room on my way back.I handed him one of the ear buds and placed the other one inside my ear and flipped it on.He studied me for a minute as the music started.“You ok babe?”“Yea.Just trying not to avoid remembering a lot of what’s happened over the last couple months.” He gently removed my hair scrunchy and allowed my hair to fall around my shoulders.He ran his fingers through my strands, soothing me with the motion.I closed my eyes, enjoying him, allowing the music and Kellan to surround me as I blocked everything else out.Sometimes we all need a little meditation time.I left my mind open so Kellan knew exactly where I was at that point.Communication was one of the most important parts of a relationship, and despite being able to connect at any second and read each other, we often didn’t.We kept the barriers between us.I always found that when we did release them though, tossing caution to the wind, unrestricting our thoughts, we grew closer, stronger.Already Kellan instinctively knew just what I needed most of the time, but every relationship has a disconnect from time to time.It’s holding on through the hard times, through the misunderstandings and emotional low points, that secure your relationship for eternity.If facing your problems is more than you’re willing to bear, then you’re not with the right person.I couldn’t imagine going to hell and back with anyone else, for anyone else.Regardless of his heated moments, I couldn’t picture myself consciously walking away from Kellan.Given my age, it’s normal for me to stray; after all, this was supposed to be the prime of my life.I was supposed to date around and have fun, not tie myself down.But I did.And I knew I made the right decision because I didn’t regret it.I didn’t feel like I was missing anything with Kai.I didn’t feel like I was missing anything with another guy.Occasionally I found someone else attractive, my eyes would travel, but they were never better than Kellan.The best way I could put it was my mind would stray, but my heart would stay.He was my foundation, my anchor.I always came back to him, and always would.He leaned down and kissed my head, as if acknowledging that he’d heard all of that.I rolled over and lay down so my head rested on his thighs.I gazed up into his brilliant green eyes; they were crystal clear despite a dark teal ring settling in indicating his desire for me.His pupils dilated as he continued to play with my hair.I smiled back up at him, feeling like a giddy puppy.He beamed back at me, his dimple on full display; his full lips were stretched, yet retained their pouty pucker.Would I ever grow tired of looking at him?“I hope not.”I laughed.“I don’t think I will.”“Good.”My face shot to the right at the sound of someone clearing their throat beside us.“Hey Kai,” I greeted, sitting up.“We couldn’t get a flight out tonight.Earliest flight is tomorrow morning.”“That’s fine,” I shrugged.“It’s a commercial flight that stops in Miami before continuing on to San Juan.”“Ok.Do you need me to do anything? I know Kalel is still tapped into the cameras around the city.Want me to monitor them?”“No.He disconnected from them.We never caught the assassins on them anyways.They know how to avoid them.”“Is there anything I can do? I feel like you guys have done almost everything.”“Prepare yourself.We’ve searched and El Yunque is a large rainforest with mountains, caves, waterfalls and absolutely no cell phone service.Once we’re in, we’ll have no way of contacting anyone on the outside.”I felt the life drain from my face.Jack was setting us up good.We wouldn’t know how many of his men we were going to face until we were in, and we wouldn’t be able to call for back up at all.We were alone; this was it.“We need to take as many weapons as we can carry.By chance, do you think we could get the same outfits we used the last time, the ones that stopped me from being burned?”“Yea.I’ll have Art ship them overnight to the hotel.”“Thanks.” I looked down at my necklace.It’d been a random thought I’d had, and given Kai’s feelings towards him, he was probably the best person to ask.“Kai, do you think Ralph is working with Jack? My necklace doesn’t work with the ninjas around, almost as if they know exactly what it’s made of and what to do to deactivate it.”“That’s crossed my mind a few times,” he sighed.I scooted over to sit in Kellan’s lap as Kai sat down beside him.“Does Ralph have access to your card records? To the Bladang’s expenses?”“Only for the company card because he has to purchase so many parts and pieces [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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