Page 75 of Reckless Knight (Knight's Ridge Empire 7)

She’s not wrong. We spent all night talking about everything and nothing, finally getting the chance to really get to know each other. Although, I can’t deny that I was cautious about how much information I gave her about me and my life, focusing on asking her questions and avoiding the topic of family at every opportunity.The question that I knew was coming—that really hit me—was the one about my scar on my chest. I’ve seen her eyes drop to it a time or two when we’ve been together, and I knew I was on borrowed time. You’d have thought that would have allowed me to come up with a better lie. It didn’t, and I fumbled around, answering like an idiot. She blatantly didn’t believe me, but thankfully, she let it go. It’s not like I could tell her that I took a bullet protecting my sister from her deranged and psychotic stepbrother.

Her lips brush mine in the softest kiss that I feel all the way down to my toes.

I’ve never met anyone like her before. Stella came close with how she immediately made me feel comfortable in her company, as I guess she should, seeing as it turns out we share a set of parents. But being with Jodie, everything feels right. Pieces of me that I never even realised were out of place suddenly seem to fit.

“Thank you for tonight,” she says against my lips. “For this. It’s… everything.”

“I didn’t think we were talking,” I remind her.

“We’re not. I just needed you to know that.”

I don’t get a chance to respond because her lips finally capture mine and I happily hand myself over to her, my body more than ready to rediscover the electric connection between us when we collide.