End Game (Games Thriller Series) Read Free

like you had a halo of light all around you. Chris razzed me for years because I actually said the word Angel out loud.” He looked down at her as the implications of what he had seen resounded in his mind. “Jesus, Jess. You were my angel, even back then.” He took a deep breath and shivered. “That still doesn’t explain how you knew we would end up together, though.”
    “A few years later I had a dream of what just happened in the snow.” She pointed toward the back yard. “I think it was sometime after Emily was born. So I knew. I knew somehow we’d end up here, together.”
    Chris didn’t know what to say.
    “When you had me strapped in that chair and we first looked at eac h other I had a sense of déjà vu but I couldn’t place where I had seen your face before and later when you tried to seduce me with the strawberries, the look in your eyes made something click and the dreams caught up with me. When I kissed you back, that’s when I knew for sure.” Jessica sighed and took a deep breath.
    “So you’ve been playing me ever since we met?”
    Jessica raised her eyebrows a little. “No, I haven’t been playing you.”
    He looked down at the ring on her finger and back to her eyes, pressing his lips together, doubt evident in the tightness of his jaw. “Then why did you marry Tom?”
    Jessica shifted and looked down at the engagement ring, avoiding his gaze. “I loved him and thought I could change my future.”
    * * * *
    A bark of a laugh left his lips and he turned away from her, frustrated. “He almost derailed my morning and now this. This is just priceless.”
    “It took a while for me to realize I belonged with you. I never felt like he was a part of me, like I do with you.”
    He turned toward her.
    “Chris, there’s no place I’d rather be.” She pulled away and went into the kitchen, returning with two envelopes in her hand. “Maybe this will help you understand.” She kissed him and handed him the cards.
    He opened the first card. It was a Valentine’s Day card from the boys and he smiled as he read it. Her card was sweet but the sentiment wasn’t what made his eyes fill with tears, it was what she wrote that touched him far more.
    Dear Chris,
    I love the life we have made together. You have given me such beautiful gifts in the boys and your love and quiet strength have brought me more joy and happiness than I thought possible. I love you.
    You are my soul mate and I would be lost without you.
    Forever yours,
    Jessie.
    “Soul mate?” He blinked back the mist covering his eyes and crossed to her, taking her in his arms.
    “Yes. You are my soul mate.” She leaned up and kissed him. “You make me feel like no other man ever made me feel.”
    “And how is that Jess?” He ignored the urge to pull the thoughts from her mind. He wanted to hear her say the words.
    “You make me feel loved. It’s in the way you look at me and the way you touch me...” she trailed off and blushed. “I had never felt that kind of passion, that kind of electricity in my life until I met you and it has only grown stronger since we’ve been together.”
    Chris smiled down at her. “Good.”
    “When do you want to get married?”
    Chris looked at his watch. “How about right now?”
    Jessica laughed and looked up at him. “You’re serious.” She stopped laughing and he nodded.
    Jessica hesitated. “I want Emily and Eric there with us.”
    “Okay. What about this weekend?”
    Jessica shook her head. “Eric has a game.”
    Chris thought for a moment. “Then how about when we’re in the city? We could go to city hall with the kids and get married, catch an early dinner and then to the premiere after?”
    “You really want to do that?”
    “I want to marry you,” he replied. “I admit it’s not the most ideal situation, but it’s the next weekend Eric’s supposed to be with us.”
    “You can set it up that quickly?” she asked then smirked, realizing how dumb a question that was. He