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Book: Sharks Read Online Free
Author: AnnChristine
heart skip a beat.
"That's a promise I mean to see you keep."
Outside the air was cold and crisp. They rode the elevators to the parking garage, paid the toll and made their way to his car. Silence surrounded him, but he tried to let her have this time to adjust. Thirty minutes later they arrived at the mall and walked along the peace filled streets.
"Hungry?" Jacob asked. Forgetting and healing were so far away from each other. Whatever this was about he didn't think Lilly would forget this easily. She had been traumatized. School was important to her, more important than anything else in her life. She had planned and saved for these years. If she left college, she would jeopardize all she had worked for.
"A little. Look, I haven't had much to eat and my appetite seems to be nonexistent. But I know I need food--keep my strength up." She rolled her eyes at him, a good sign. As the minutes ticked by he had the feeling she was finally becoming more herself.
"I bet you haven't eaten all day. What 's your pleasure, Chinese, Italian, or good old American." Jacob stepped up his pace in anticipation of a good meal. He hadn't eaten since her phone call.
"Let's try the Italian place. I've always liked the one here. Love their portabella mushroom Panini. Suddenly I feel as if I could eat a horse." Lilly skipped a few steps then settled into the fast pace Jacob set.
"Italian it is." Jacob grabbed Lilly's hand and headed for the restaurant. "I'll buy you as many as you can eat."
The restaurant was nearly empty. The lunch hour had come and gone and it was now too early to be considered dinner. They ordered and ate in silence. Jacob watched the steady drip of rain as it descended from the sky.
His patience was coming to an end. "Lilly…"
She set her fork down and acknowledged silently that she knew it was time. "He's horrid. I have two classes with him. No matter where I go, I can't seem to get away from him."
"He broke your heart or did he hurt you?" Under the table Jacob's hands fisted. He didn't believe Lilly would give up her dreams for a man who broke her heart. She would find a way to overcome the wound. But if someone…he couldn't bring himself to think of physical harm--yet if he had done something.
"I thought he was cute, but he thought he was entitled. He made my heart skip a beat whenever I saw him. I thought he asked me out for the right reasons, but he believed he was God's gift to women."
"He raped you?" Jacob didn't want to jump to that conclusion so fast, but he had to find out the truth or he was going to go certifiably insane. "I'll kill him and stick his head on a pole."
"No. Jacob, that's way too gruesome. If he had, I'd settle for prison time." Lilly spoke so softly, Jacob had to lean forward to hear her. With the single word he felt a weight lift from his shoulders.
"Thank God." He leaned forward and placed both of her hands in his. For some reason, holding hands with Lilly felt right. His heart raced and he didn't understand that emotion. He didn't want things to change. They tried dating once before and it didn't work. But maybe…
"Amanda thinks he is going to try again…" She looked down where there hands were together. When she tried to withdraw from him, he held onto her a bit tighter.
Jacob's jaw clenched. "I'll kill him." He needed to hold on to her, keep her safe from all the evils of the world. He couldn't do that hundreds of miles away from her. She was beautiful, too gorgeous and she was naïve. Despite their friendship and his marathon dating, she had little to no experience with men.
"You know you can't do that--knock him off. You are not some old-time gangster. I'm quitting because I have no other choice."
"He'll win and you don't want to give him that satisfaction. If he can't have you, he's going to be thrilled by your defeat. A man who abuses women gets a kick out of seeing them lose." Gently he rubbed
"That's a promise I mean to see you keep."
Outside the air was cold and crisp. They rode the elevators to the parking garage, paid the toll and made their way to his car. Silence surrounded him, but he tried to let her have this time to adjust. Thirty minutes later they arrived at the mall and walked along the peace filled streets.
"Hungry?" Jacob asked. Forgetting and healing were so far away from each other. Whatever this was about he didn't think Lilly would forget this easily. She had been traumatized. School was important to her, more important than anything else in her life. She had planned and saved for these years. If she left college, she would jeopardize all she had worked for.
"A little. Look, I haven't had much to eat and my appetite seems to be nonexistent. But I know I need food--keep my strength up." She rolled her eyes at him, a good sign. As the minutes ticked by he had the feeling she was finally becoming more herself.
"I bet you haven't eaten all day. What 's your pleasure, Chinese, Italian, or good old American." Jacob stepped up his pace in anticipation of a good meal. He hadn't eaten since her phone call.
"Let's try the Italian place. I've always liked the one here. Love their portabella mushroom Panini. Suddenly I feel as if I could eat a horse." Lilly skipped a few steps then settled into the fast pace Jacob set.
"Italian it is." Jacob grabbed Lilly's hand and headed for the restaurant. "I'll buy you as many as you can eat."
The restaurant was nearly empty. The lunch hour had come and gone and it was now too early to be considered dinner. They ordered and ate in silence. Jacob watched the steady drip of rain as it descended from the sky.
His patience was coming to an end. "Lilly…"
She set her fork down and acknowledged silently that she knew it was time. "He's horrid. I have two classes with him. No matter where I go, I can't seem to get away from him."
"He broke your heart or did he hurt you?" Under the table Jacob's hands fisted. He didn't believe Lilly would give up her dreams for a man who broke her heart. She would find a way to overcome the wound. But if someone…he couldn't bring himself to think of physical harm--yet if he had done something.
"I thought he was cute, but he thought he was entitled. He made my heart skip a beat whenever I saw him. I thought he asked me out for the right reasons, but he believed he was God's gift to women."
"He raped you?" Jacob didn't want to jump to that conclusion so fast, but he had to find out the truth or he was going to go certifiably insane. "I'll kill him and stick his head on a pole."
"No. Jacob, that's way too gruesome. If he had, I'd settle for prison time." Lilly spoke so softly, Jacob had to lean forward to hear her. With the single word he felt a weight lift from his shoulders.
"Thank God." He leaned forward and placed both of her hands in his. For some reason, holding hands with Lilly felt right. His heart raced and he didn't understand that emotion. He didn't want things to change. They tried dating once before and it didn't work. But maybe…
"Amanda thinks he is going to try again…" She looked down where there hands were together. When she tried to withdraw from him, he held onto her a bit tighter.
Jacob's jaw clenched. "I'll kill him." He needed to hold on to her, keep her safe from all the evils of the world. He couldn't do that hundreds of miles away from her. She was beautiful, too gorgeous and she was naïve. Despite their friendship and his marathon dating, she had little to no experience with men.
"You know you can't do that--knock him off. You are not some old-time gangster. I'm quitting because I have no other choice."
"He'll win and you don't want to give him that satisfaction. If he can't have you, he's going to be thrilled by your defeat. A man who abuses women gets a kick out of seeing them lose." Gently he rubbed
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