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The roo She slid off the couch to the floor beside Jake Curled up on his side, he slept-off the drug His hands were clasped and tucked underneath his chin He’d already suffered a probable concussion from his ed done to make it worse?
What if she couldn’t wake hiish muscles could pull hih to stroke his face
“Jake! Jake! Wake up We have to get out of here” S fit shook her body “Jake! Wake up Now!”
The tingling in her li his bare shoulders, she leaned in close to his face Her ish bodyher inability to wake hiainst his and prayed for a miracle
Her nose rested against his as she gathered her strength to try again to wake him In any other situation she wouldn’t have been able to stop fro to die!”
His eyeballs rolled under his closed lids She held tight to the hope his reaction offered Her ain Digging her fingernails into his tender skin, she shook hiet out of here!”
“Five more minutes, baby,” he mumbled
“Jake Warrick, you get up right this moment or so help me God I will leave your naked ass in the break room to burn to death”
His eyes popped open at her h her body released its grip She smiled despite the dire circumstances
“Why would I burn to death?” A second later he sniffed the air and realization dawned in his gaze He shot to his feet, and immediately fell to the couch
“Give yourself a ton shot us up with, but it does a nurabbed her sundress and pulled it over her head “Where are your keys?”
“Jeans” His face gloith a distinct pale-green tinge
She found Jake’s clothes in a pile beside the couch She dug his keys out of his pocket and tossed the jeans to him He put them on with deliberate care Dazed, he stayed focused on the task, but his skin had gone back to its nor was balled up on the floor by Jake’s shirt She leaned against the break roo to put it on
A squeal of twisting metal followed by a loud crash stopped her in theon her underwear Jake jumped up from the couch He stood firm on his shoeless feet
“The ainst the table Her restaurant Her fucking restaurant was going down in fla she’d worked for,