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Jordan didn’t know where she was going. She wanted to scream out at the world. Why did shit always have to happen to her? What did she do in another life to warrant all of this crap that she’d had to deal with? A warm hand slipped around herbicep and whipped her around so fast she didn’t have time to stop the momentum of her body crashing into Rhys.
“Where are you going?” Rhys’s voice was gruff and strained.
Jordan blinked to clear her vision. His eyes were wide, a frazzled look on his face.
“I needed some air,” she replied.
She tried to pull back, but he held on to her. His other hand came to rest on the small of her back.
“We are already outside. How much air do you need?” He paused and released her arm. He reached up and trailed a finger along her cheek. “What is this?”
“It’s nothing.” She shook her head and inhaled sharply, trying to get herself together. Panic filled her. Rhys was probably thinking she had lost all of her marbles.
“It doesn’t seem like nothing.”
Rhys’s hand cupped her cheek, and she found herself leaning into it. Maybe this was what she had needed all along. Feeling the strength of his body pressed against hers, the warmth in his voice…maybe she had needed someone to lean on.
Rhys.
That’s who she had needed all along. Who was she fooling? The longer she was with him, the more she was finding she needed him.
“It’s silly,” she admitted. It truly was. After all of these years, why would these emotions be so strong now?
She reached up and tried to wipe the wetness, but Rhys brushed her hand away. He leaned down and placed a kiss on each cheek where the tears streaked. Jordan’s body softened, leaning farther into him.
This man.
“Tell me, Jordan. Whatever it is, I’m here for you.” He rested his forehead on hers.
Jordan bit her lip to keep everything from spilling. Her eyes fluttered closed while she basked in the feeling of him.
“I can see something has been bothering you, and it kills me that you haven’t shared it with me. Whoever it is who has upset you, just point them out and me and Honor will go handle them.”
Honor growled as if cosigning Rhys. The damn dog’s hearing was crazy good, and it wouldn’t surprise Jordan that Honor was listening to every word they said.
“Rhys.” Jordan sighed. He was just as crazy as she was, and there was no doubt that he would take his dog and go hunt down who had caused her to cry.
But they wouldn’t be able to do that since Bravon was in prison.
“Don’t shut me out.” His other hand came to her other cheek and held her face softly. He tilted her head back where her gaze could meet his.
Jordan shuddered as she stared into his eyes. Rhys was dead serious. Those blue eyes of his were clear with his intentions. He wanted to see into her soul, and if she wasn’t mistaken, he could see through her bullshit.
“You know everything about me. My ex-wife, the divorce—everything. Don’t do this to me.”
More tears slid from her eyes. The last thing she would ever want to do was hurt this man. She would cut off her trigger finger before she’d do that. She’d come clean to Rhys, and if he didn’t want her any longer, then she would hold her head high and leave.
It was time for her to pull up her big girl panties and tell him everything that had happened in Atlanta.
Then maybe it would make it easier to tell her teammates.
But for now she’d take it one step at a time and speak with Rhys. She’d think of the guys later. She may need to lean on them if this conversation didn’t go the way she hoped it would.
“Okay,” she breathed. She closed her eyes and nodded.
Rhys released her head, allowing her to lean forward to rest her forehead on his chest.
She inhaled his scent, fearing this may be the last time she breathed it in. “We are going to need a drink or two for what I have to share.”
