His Mission (HIS SERIES Book 1) by SAKINA HUSSAIN (each kindness read aloud TXT) 📗

"Of course not." Helen replies tightly, lying through her teeth. Her jaw is clenched and I sense her and Jake have previous history. Jake smirks at her, bouncing forward and back on the heel of his trainers.

"So what's the need for that question?" Jake continues. Helen sighs, admitting defeat. She ignores Jake and turns to face me.

"Be careful who you choose as your friends."

An instant frown settles on my face and I narrow my eyes at her, standing up.

"It's my choice who I'm friends with, not yours. He's a good friend to me, he let me stay here to keep me safe. He's done more for me than you probably ever will. You're here to talk about Trevor, not Jake. So I'd like to stick to the subject."

I hear Jake chuckle quietly and can faintly see him smirking from the corner of my eye at my response. Helen's face is now raging, her jaw clenched firmly. She definitely isn't happy with my response. The other officer hands me a card, smiling at me faintly before standing up.

"Thanks for the information Emily, we'll be in touch over your living arrangements. Your mother has requested you go back home but obviously we have to put your safety first."

"My mother can go to hell." I reply angrily, sitting back down onto the couch. I cross my arms, angry at the information.

"What a selfish, pathetic excuse of a parent," I mumble. The officers ignore my little outburst and walk over to the door, ready to leave.

"If you need anything, anything at all, ring the number on the card." She points at the card in my hands and I nod. I watch as she turns towards Jake, her eyebrows raised -

"Stay out of trouble Jake," she says sternly, almost like a mother telling off her child. Jake chuckles quietly.

"I only get in trouble to see your pretty face Rachel," he winks at her causing the officer named Rachel to shake her head. The corner of her lips twitch into a small smile before she place her police hat back on and disappears out of the door.

"Nice work Muffin. Helen's face was priceless, I should have taken a picture of it." Jake smirks in amusement, leaning back against the wall.

"You seem to know them well."

The smirk on his face is quickly replaced with a sheepish look.

"Yeah, I guess you could say that."

I roll my eyes at him and stand up, walking out the room to get some breakfast. I need to drown my worries with sugar, lots of it. I hear Jake's footsteps behind me and he grabs my arm before pulling me towards him.

"Muffin, it's going to be okay. I promise." Jake whispers, searching into my eyes. I let out a small sigh, closing my eyes. I'm angry. Angry at Mum for wanting me to go home. She knows how Trevor abuses me but never stopped it. Jake senses the anger inside me and he gently pushes me back until I feel the wall greet me. His hand reaches up and he tucks a strand of hair behind my ear before placing a gentle kiss on my jawline in an effort to calm me down.

I like it when he does that.

"Get a room, it's disgusting."

My head snaps to the right where Tobias is stood, his nose scrunched up in disgust. Jake takes a few steps back and I feel my cheeks heat up in embarrassment even though Tobias barely saw anything.

It was a harmless kiss.

Jake turns towards Tobias, his eyebrows raised in annoyance.

"What's your problem man?" Jake asks, his voice low. The tension between these two is so obvious. I glance between them as they both stare each other down, their eyes cold and emotionless.

I wonder what happened between them?

"My problem is that you're blocking the hallway with your PDA," Tobias mumbles in anger. Jake's body tenses and he takes a step forward.

"So what? Are you jealous?" Jake spits back harshly. Tobias chuckles at Jake and I swallow the lump in my throat, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

"I'm not jealous J. You know I can have whoever I want." Tobias' eyes  glint with humour, mocking Jake. Everything happens so fast and before I know it, Jake has pounced on Tobias, his fists colliding with Tobias' face. Tobias is knocked back before regaining his balance and lunges for Jake. I hear the force of Tobias' punch against Jake's cheek and I scream, finally snapping out of shock.

Jake's head snaps towards me and I back up, fear in my eyes.

Jake stands to his feet quickly, dodging another punch from Tobias when Ivory runs down the stairs, eyes wide with terror.

"Tobias!" She screeches and Tobias immediately stops, backing away from Jake, his chest rising and falling rapidly. Jake glares angrily at Tobias and wipes away the blood from his lip with the back of his hand.

"Stay away from me and definitely stay away from Emily." Jake turns towards me, taking my hand in his. He pulls me towards the kitchen, slamming the door shut so that we're be alone. I don't realise my hands are shaking until Jake pulls me into his lap, wrapping my hands in his.

"I shouldn't have done that in front of you."

I reach for his hand and stroke over his knuckles which were are red from fighting. His hand is comically large compared to mine.

"You have tiny hands."

"I don't have tiny hands, they look tiny compared to your massive caveman hands."

Jake gasps, mocking hurt and I grin at him. His lip is still bleeding and I reach up sadly, wiping away the blood with my thumb.

"I hate it when you fight." I mumble. Jake sighs in response, his eyes drifting to my lap instead of looking at me.

"Tobias pushes my buttons like no-one else."

I nod, knowing Tobias is a trigger for Jake's anger. I reach