Jess came awake slowly. She turned her head and opened her eyes only to see Kason watching her from the driver’s seat of the car.
“Oh, are we here?”
“Yeah.”
When he didn’t say anything else, Jess asked, “Are we going in?”
“Yeah. You just looked so peaceful and relaxed, I didn’t want to wake you up.” Kason lifted a hand and brushed Jess’s hair behind her ear. “Stay put. I’ll come around.”
Jess could only nod. Kason had a weird look in his eyes. She couldn’t really place it, but it looked an awful lot like tenderness. Jess couldn’t remember the last time someone had looked at her like that. She liked it a lot.
Kason opened the door for Jess and held her elbow as she got out of the car. He leaned in and grabbed her purse and helped her to his apartment. It was on the lower floor and he
