Chapter 14. Give Me Some of Your Air

“Oh”, Jane made a dazed sound of surprise, her vision blocked by his hands over her eyes. In the darkness, the scent of fresh, cool pine on him was even more heady and intense.

“Jane, we’re married. Kissing isn’t anything unusual, is it?” He wanted to nudge his way into her heart, just a little, the way she had his.

He would wait for her to grow comfortable with him, to fall in love with him… and only then could he reveal all his secrets to her.

He didn’t want to let her go.

“It isn’t”, Jane echoed as she sucked in a few breaths discreetly. No feelings might exist between them and they were no regular couple, but they were married nonetheless.

If she were to refuse some of his requests, she feared that it would wound him and he would think she disliked him.

When Ethan heard her reply, he couldn’t hide the interest that flickered in his dark eyes.

After dinner, he was looking over some documents in the study when a knock on the door in