Scarlett POV
His promise knocked the urge to cry right out of me.
Then I noticed how warm he felt against my back. The solid muscle under his clothes made the whole situation feel a little less impossible.
I turned around so fast I almost startled myself.
“Do you mean it?”
“Yes.”
Jaxen kissed me.
“I’ll make it up to you.”
“You’re not just saying that right now? What if later you decide you weren’t thinking straight and back out?”
“If you don’t trust my word, I can write it down and sign it.”
Knowing the Hale lawyers, a handwritten note probably wouldn’t stop him if he really wanted out.
Still, he’d offered. I wasn’t turning down something that might be useful later.
I watched him write everything he’d just promised.
When I looked out the window again, the wind and rain didn’t
