Chapter 7
Reid
She didn’t shed a damn tear for the next thirty or so minutes on our way into Boston. Inner strength shone through her like a living force of energy, lighting her up from the inside out. I’d never been so damn poetic about a woman in my life, but there was no other way to describe the hot package wrapped up in a clingy black dress beside me.
Her eyes flashed, brows furrowed, and lips pursed during her painful tale of a poor childhood without a father—similar to Blake’s woman. Jessie had learned how to be independent, and her determination to be more than her mom was truly inspiring.
But she’d gotten tangled up with an abusive asshole, the type who knew how to manipulate and make her stay. Fury made her bristle while telling me about Devon, the way he’d treated her, and t
