Chapter Four
TESS
My hands flew to my mouth as the tears flowed from my eyes.
“Hey there, Tess.” Jace beamed at me in a three-piece suit. He opened his jacket like he was impressed at how he cleaned up. “I look f*****g fetchin’, right?”
I laughed at his words. How he got in here was beyond me.
“I know I’m not Brick, but can I still get a hug?”
I hurried over and wrapped my arms around his midsection. He smelled like the club, and the walls I had been carefully building started to buckle under the pressure.
I flinched when his arms tightened.
“Oh, you okay?”
I nodded while I stepped back and willed the tears away. “Just still a little sore from—” I shook off the memory. “How did you get here? They run a detailed background check on everyone. You’d have to have at least a hundred gr
