Wishing on the Water (Water Series Book 1) by Elizabeth York Page A

his black and red tri-climate jacket. He was showing a five o’clock shadow, but there was nothing else different about him. I looked into his eyes, the same ones that could tear a secret from your soul, as I acknowledged he was there.
    He didn’t look pissed, but that could be because my belly was warm and fuzzy with the remnants of the alcohol I had downed in the bar. Then I remembered there was still a man behind me. I turned and glared at Mark.
    “ Your job is done now.” I angrily whispered in Mark’s direction.
    “ Sorry, but it’s part of the code between men,” Mark stated, as he shook hands with Jax and then walked off.
    The awkwardness had descended down and blanketed me with a thick layer of not knowing what to say or think. I wondered if I ran, would he follow.
    “ I am going back to my hotel now,” I stated a little too loudly. “Thanks for the babysitter.”
    I started walking, and used the glass on the buildings to see that Jax was following me. I turned the corner and walked into the hotel. He followed me there, too. I climbed into the elevator and he stood across from me, looking like a dream while we climbed the floors.
    As I exited the elevator and arrived at my door, I took out my key card and waved it. The lock wouldn’t work. I tried waving it again, but nothing. Jax took it from my hand and slowly waved it over the door across the way and it opened.
    I suddenly felt like a moron; I was trying to get into Andrews room. Jax opened the door and I walked inside. I took off my coat and dumped it on the chairs by the table and went to the phone. I ordered up a bottle of vodka and a variety platter with fruits and veggies.
    “ Do you really think you need more alcohol?” Jax asked from the blue couch he had made himself at home on.
    “ If you are going to be here, then yes,” I replied and smirked. Why was I so angry with him? Every emotion I had seemed to amplify a thousand times whenever Jax was near.
    “ If I leave, how do I know you won’t drink yourself into oblivion?” Jax asked and I rolled my eyes.
    “ I have a daddy, I don’t need another.”
    Jax stood up and walked over to me. He wrapped his arms around me and I fought to get free. The warmth he carried overpowered me and I melted into him. I was torn between wanting to sigh in relief and cry in frustration. When he let me go I walked over to the window.
    “ How did you find me?” I whispered.
    “ Your dad told me you were coming. Did you think I wouldn’t come and find you?” Jax asked and I closed my eyes. Jax walked up behind me and whispered into my ear.
    “ Candice six months ago I came out to California to bring you home, but you seemed so happy without me in your new life.”
    Guilt invaded my core. I had no right to be angry or bitter with him, but I was. I had no reason to feel ashamed for my actions because I was just trying to survive, but I felt like I was the gum on the bottom of his shoes. My guilt festered into anger as his warmth invaded me and I realized just how much I had truly lost.
    “ Don’t you have a girlfriend you should be tucking into bed? Isn’t it past her bedtime?”
    I immediately wanted to call back my words. My alcohol fused brain didn’t put a filter on my lips. Now he will know I am stalking him online, and I didn’t want him to know. I didn’t even want to see him.
    “ She knows where I am.” Jax replied.
    “ Does she know you have had your penis in me? Some girls get mad about that kind of thing.” I retorted.
    Jax didn’t reply; he merely went back and sat on the couch. He picked up his phone and called someone.
    “ Hey babe,” Jax said into the phone. “I know it’s late, but wanted you to know I am going to stay with Candice tonight.”
    I stared at him. I never asked him to stay and I was not going to let him. There was no way any woman in her right mind would let a catch as great at Jax stay with me overnight any way.
    “ She has had a little too much to drink, and