Free [06] Slade by Teresa Gabelman Page B

ever threaten to kill yourself, even in a teasing manner or call me names again, I will blister your ass.”
Only turning her head, she peeked over her shoulder. Her eyes going from the lock to him, something inside her that she didn’t know existed came to the surface, a sexy half-grin formed on her lips. “Promise?” Even her voice sounded different to her own ears. She knew without a doubt she was playing with fire. As he grabbed her pulling her to him, her body became supersensitive, her skin and insides felt electrified. This had to be what heaven felt like.
     

Chapter 7
When Lana and Sid started whispering to each other, Caroline knew it was time to go. After a great night of hanging with her sister and the other girls watching Gladiators on television and in real life, so to speak, it was time for her to go. Smiling, she watched the way her sister reacted to Sid. She had never seen Lana so happy with a man, and Sid, what could she say about him other than he openly adored her twin sister and the family loved him, as did she.
Envy heated her chest, but Caroline pushed it away. She was happy like that once, but that had all changed in the face of Rod’s lies. Her family was everything to her, but Rod never took to her sister or their gift. It scared him, so Caroline had pushed it down, telling everyone that her gift frightened her. In truth, it did frighten her, but she had learned to deal with it. Her phone went off, making her jump. Glancing at it quickly, she frowned, clicking the ignore button. She had blocked Rod’s number, but he would borrow someone’s phone and call from a different number. She knew it was him because she never received unknown numbers on her cell phone before.
“Hey!” Lana walked up behind her. “Was that Mom?”
Startled, she dropped her bag. “Ah, no.” Caroline hoped to get out of there before her sister could interrogate her further, knowing Lana she would go hunting for her ex. “Why? You need to me to tell her anything?”
“Yeah.” Lana stared at her for a few seconds. “Tell her we can do dinner Wednesday.”
“Will do.” Caroline smiled, giving Lana a quick kiss on the cheek before rushing toward the door. “Thanks for the movie.”
“Caroline,” Lana stopped her, “is Rod bothering you?”
“I’ve got it under control, Lana.” Caroline finger-waved to Sid who gave her a wink from across the room where he was talking to Damon and Nicole. Ignoring Lana’s frown, she didn’t even look her way as she headed out of the room calling out over her shoulder, “Now, I gotta go. See ya Wednesday.”
Once out of the room, Caroline let out a long breath. Almost making it to the door, she heard the beautiful, soothing, but faint sound of a guitar. Tilting her head, she looked up the steps that led to the living quarters. Taking a glance around, she looked back up the steps to see Jax’s sister on the stairs looking down at her. Knowing now who was playing, she made her way to the steps and began to climb. His sister faded from sight as Caroline made it down a few mazes of hallways and doors before the music became louder. Standing outside the door, Caroline leaned quietly against the wall, listening to the beautiful strumming, wondering how in the world she had heard it from downstairs, but she was glad she did. She could actually feel her nerves ease, making her feel light and slightly sleepy, almost to the point she jumped a mile high when a deep male voice boomed from behind the door, “Are you going to stand outside my door all night or knock?”
Caroline glared at the door before rolling her eyes. She didn’t really want to knock, but if it would get him to play again, she would do it. Raising her hand, she started to knock, but the door flew open before her hand made contact.
“What?” Jax’s tone was not pleasant as he looked down at her. He stuck his head out the door, looking up and down the hallway.
She didn’t expect a shirtless Jax to open his door,