Chapter 34

She blinked some more as Jake slid his sunglasses onto her face, smiling back when she smiled at him in that endearing way she had. He knew they had to talk about last night and set things straight, not just brush it aside as she seemed to want to do. He didn’t want to do it here either.

“Want to go somewhere?” Jake looked off to the ocean, away from her face. He had a deep sense of trepidation that this would not go how he wanted it to but that doing it was unavoidable.

“Such as?” She sounded inquisitive, more mellower than before he had gone to bed and less PA toned.

He shrugged in reply. He just wanted them away from here, away from the others who would start questioning him about Hunter, tilting his head up to watch the sea crashing on the distant shore to give him some sense of calm.

“Anywhere but here.” He sighed dejectedly. He had told Hunter that deep down, he knew Emma didn’t want a relationship with him, but he had always held a tiny spark of hope t