Chương 291: CHAPTER 291 Danger Part 3

　　~ JESSE ~

　　I turned for the door to find Rake standing there staring at me, unguarded, and for a moment before his eyes shuttered, I saw everything he wanted- my safety, my comfort, my closeness… The yearning in his gaze made my stomach flip even as I blinked and shook my head, pushing myself towards the door, confusion and anger and fear and… just everything twisting together inside me.

　　Rake's eyes dropped to the floor, but his jaw set and he followed me. I could feel him coming up behind me, his long legs able to eat up the space faster than mine.

　　As I stepped into the almost-empty hallway outside and he was right behind me, the urge was there to throw myself into his chest and seek reassurance, just like I always had before. But if I did, wouldn't that be saying something that I didn't mean? And the fact that I had to question him that made me angry. And it made me sad.