Читать книгу The Firefighter's Match - Allie Pleiter - Страница 3
Оглавление“You should just leave.”
Alex had thought about leaving. The old Alex would have been long gone days ago. Still, he couldn’t.
He saw it, then, in her eyes. JJ was waiting for him to leave. Watching for him to betray her in the way she had been betrayed before.
“I can’t leave.”
“Why?”
“You really don’t know the answer to that?”
Her face flushed. “Why would I ask a question I know the answer to?”
JJ tried hard not to look him in the eye, but the more she dodged him, the stronger his conviction became. “Because I’m supposed to stay.” And then, even though it felt like jumping off a cliff to do so, Alex made himself add, “And because I want to stay.”
Her eyes widened, and she backed up. “Max doesn’t need you.”
“I’m not staying for Max.” He reached for her hand.
At first JJ edged out of his grasp, but when he took another step, she stilled her hand and let him grasp it. “I’m staying for you.”
