Chapter Seven
Jade
I stared up into Walker’s silvery-gray gaze and tried to catch my breath. My lungs weren’t doing the best job. I’d never experienced the concept of breathlessness and was irritated to find Walker had that effect on me just by getting a little too close.
I absorbed the way his eyes darkened like the summer sky when a storm was first building. My pulse skittered off wildly. I felt my hand curling around the door handle, as if that alone could anchor me and slow the sensations racing through my body.
“I’m aware you can open your own door, Jade.” Walker’s words came out slow and measured, the subtle twang in his voice making me shiver.
I had quite purposefully sworn off men. Until Walker, that hadn’t been a problem. I hadn’t even been tempted. Walker was turning out to
