He froze and broke the kiss, holding her hips firmly so she couldn’t move.
“Isabelle,” he began breathlessly. “This isn’t why I brought you up here. I don’t…I mean…you don’t owe me anything, OK? I’m happy to just lie here and hold you all night. This doesn’t have to be about s*x or finding a way to thank me for something that I was happy to do for you.”
He met her gaze and she knew he meant it, meant every word he said to her. If she said ‘no’ right now, he would actually be content to just lie here with her, and probably wouldn’t even try to touch her again unless she initiated it.
It was the raw emotion and sincerity in his eyes, and the calm inner peace she felt being in his presence that decided it.
This was her gift to give and she wanted Jace to be the one to receive it. She want
