The Girl He Marked by Laila Callaway

Book 1 Chapter 22 

I look over to make sure Jayce is okay and frown when I watch him roll down his sleeves to cover his arms, or rather, his tattoos. 

‘What are you doing?‘ I ask, horrified that he‘s trying to cover his beautiful ink. 

‘I don‘t want your brother thinking I‘m some...thug, he replies, and I almost laugh at him saying ‘thug‘. 

‘My brother won’t think that silly, roll those backup, I tell him, but lean forwards to roll them myself, lov ing the feel of his warm skin. 

‘I love them,‘ I say quietly, when he doesn‘t answer, I look up to meet him gazing lovingly down at me. He leans down and kisses me until I think I might drop my things. 

He finally pulls away, ‘Let‘s go inside, I mumble and turn towards the door. 

‘My brother works nights, so he would have just woken up and he‘ll probably be having breakfast, lex plain as I unlock the door and let us in. 

‘Nate?’ I call, hearing an answering grunt in the kitchen, 

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I walk in and Nate drops his spoon into his bowl at the sight of Jayce, sending milk splashing across the counter. 

‘Nate, this is my...mate, Jayce,‘ I introduce them, it feels strange introducing him as my mate, so for eign, but I love it. 

his hand and

is not his níormal tone. I raise an eyebrow

is he putting on this gruff

comments, ‘That must be....dark,‘ he says, and I look at

is

two of them being

two of them and start getting things out of the fridge, leaving the weirdos to sort themselves

later, I realize they‘ve moved onto sports

decline, how the hell I ended up with such a good–looking guy, who is

the time I‘ve served up dinner for the two of us, Nate has disappeared into

getting on okay?‘ I ask as we eat. Jayce

eventually‘ he replies,

1. IV. 

I mutter, shaking my head at him, but

want him to stay, but I know that it might lead to more and I don‘t want him to mark me yet. After waiting for so long, praying to

bed that evening, I wake sweaty and hot in the morning,

at work, Jayce is stood outside surrounded by five soldiers, a mix

Jayce holds out a bullet–proof vest for

tease, taking it off him and

we drive off to the site. Jayce and I wait in the car as four members

work quickly, checking all leftover computers and files, wiping any

and Jayce rugby