Love me truly by Amanda Pearson (good books to read for women txt) 📖

your friend Carson?" I nodded. "He's not my friend anymore," he said coldly, she nodded and passed him the money. He put in his back pocket and turned to me and kissed me on the head. "I'll be right back," A night at the hotel

 "Okay," I said quietly, he smiled a reassuring smile before he turns and walk up the stairs. I looked around a bit, there were all kinds of pictures around of his family, I smiled a little, then looked away. The furniture was a dark oak color and  the walls were a cream colored brown. "Who are you?" I turned to see a girl who looked like she was about fourteen; she had blonde hair and pale green eyes. She had her arms crossed. "I'm Rose, I'm waiting for James," I said hesitantly. She rolled her eyes, and shifted her weight. "What are you doing here?" Before I could answer James interrupted. "Kallie stop interrogating her," She turned towards the stairs as sighed and replied. "Whatever," He had a hockey bag over his shoulder and went and got his phone out of his back pocket. "Sorry about that,"  I shook my head. "It's okay," he quickly called the taxi, and hung up. "It'll be here in ten minutes," I put a hand through my brown hair. All the fear and anger I've been holding down these past three years is coming back again, my eyes stung by tears rolling down my cheeks. I can't keep living like this; always running. But what else can you do besides run when there's always a guy after you?
James came up to me and cupped my face in his hands, his eyes poured into my blue ones. "Why are you doing this, why are you protecting me? He's your friend right, so why do you care so much?" He smiles gently. "Haven't I told you yet?" I shook my head. He moved a strand of hair out of my tear stained face. "I'm in-" he got cut off by a loud beep from outside, he sighed instead of finishing his sentence. "Taxi is here," he kissed my forehead and took my hand once more as we headed outside to the car.
Inside the taxi the driver made small talk with James as I was daydreaming looking out the window. I wonder what he was going to say. "So, just for curiosity I hope you don't mind me asking, but what are you young couple doing in a hotel, not doing what I think you're right?" The taxi driver brought me out of my thoughts. James started laughing coldly. "Its none of your business, what we are doing, it's your job to drive not ask questions, isn't it?" I looked over to James, his eyes looked like stone, as if he was so determined he didn't care what got in his way. He took my hand and squeezed gently. "Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to make you mad." The man apologized lowly as he drove up to the hotel. James paid him as we got out of the car, he quickly retrieved to go get our things from the trunk. We walked into the hotel fast James went to the desk and talked to the women who held card keys to our room and a flirtatious smile on her face. Ugh, why does everyone keep looking at him like that? He nods over at me telling me to go to the elevators. Finally getting to our room he opens the room, I throw everything down and run and jump on the bed, James stares with an eyebrow raised. "What, you can't go to a hotel and not jump on the bed," I crossed my arms as I stood, he laughed and shook his head. "Yeah, you're right I guess," you don't have to tell me, I know I'm right," I said matter of factly. He  scoffed. "Whatever," he rolled his eyes and came over to the bed and where I was standing and sat beside my feet he quickly grabbed my legs and pulled me fast landing soon his lap, accidentally I let out a scream.  Holding me close he looks into my eyes, he lays his head on mine. "You're safe now, Rose," he whispered, a blush lit on my face from his words, he moved my hair out of my face. I smiled a little smile. "Can you promise that, James his face turned serious as he stared at me he gently grabbed my waist throwing me onto the pillows as he held me down, he leaned down to whisper into my ear. "I swear it, we might not have been together long, I mean it's been our first date, but I'll risk my life to keep you safe," my eyebrows knitted together in confusion at his words. He barely knows me, do I deserve all this care and worry, and how he's protecting  me?  I looked into his emerald green eyes. "Why, why do you care so much about a girl you just started talking to?" A smile appeared on his lips. "Isn't it obvious?" I shook my head, as he leaned over me. "I'm falling for you Rose, I swear I won't hurt you, please trust me,"~please trust me. They echoed in my head. I'm falling for you.~ my breath caught his grip tightened around my wrists gently. "We can go slow, please I swear I won't hurt you," I closed my eyes. I'm so tired. And I pass out.

I suddenly awoke from a big bang, my eyes opened wide I was in James arms, I looked over at him. "What's going on?" My voice was groggy from sleep. "Don't worry you're safe," I nodded. "Now, now don't tell her lies," I heard the sickening voice from Carson, I began panicking I knew there was no way out. James got up from where he laid beside me, I felt cold, trapped. I'm going to die here. Was all I thought, James growled from anger. "You know I can rip you to pieces, don't you?"  Carson's smile grew bigger. "You are so full of yourself, that can get you in trouble you know, and if you want to save Rose you know you need to save her from herself as well, I can see it on your face you know what she's been doing," James began walking towards Carson, but he disappeared in thin air. Suddenly I got ripped out of the bed and thrown over someone's shoulder. I kicked and screamed and hit everything I could, the person ran out the door to the room down the elevator and out of the hotel a van Came up and I was thrown in the back seat and held down again by four pair of hands I felt a sharp pain of a needle in my neck and everything turned black.

James pov.

Shit. "Shit," speaking my thoughts I turned and punched the mirror, I quickly ran out the door, down the stairs and out the front doors, just remembering I left my car at home. how did he find us? I screamed in frustration I looked around, to find something anything to get back to Rose. anything please. seeing a black camaro I ran and picked the lock, and attempted to start the car, finally getting it to run after the third try. "Aha, finally," sped off into the night, following the GPS in Carson's phone. I'm now asking myself why I didn't do that sooner. I swiped a hand over my very tired perplexion, their GPS showed they were at a garage. I'm coming rose I'll die to keep you safe. After twenty minutes I finally got there I quietly got out of the car and snuck into the garage I didn't recognize it we never been here before. a cell phone laid on a table alone no one else is in here. suddenly I felt something hard and heavy and I dropped unconscious to the floor with a thud.

new stranger pov.

walking down to  the garage, I heard the door open, it's one o'clock in the morning. I took my wooden bat down with me. I heard others footprints. Yup, a burglar. I slowly crept up behind him and swung as hard as I could. He fell to the floor hard, I quickly picked him up and pushed him on the chair and got rope and tape, tying him up as tight as I could and put tape to cover his mouth. There, now I wait til he wakes up.

The kidnapper

 James pov

I slowly opened my eyes, the back of my head ached making me wince, trying to move my hands but they were binded from behind. realizing I've been tied up, and I had tape over my mouth. looking up I see grey eyes staring back at me. "some nerve, have," the stranger spoke. confused I glared back at him not able to speak because of the tape. I played with the rope that had my wrists. No way am I staying here while Carson might be doing anything to her. "How could you come into my poor grandfather's  house to steal?" I looked at him confused. steal? I'm not stealing, not this time at least.
"You look confused, why are you here?" he pulled the tape off not seeing it coming. "I'm not here to steal anything, see that phone over there?" I  nodded towards the table, he nodded. "I was tracking it, he took something precious to me, I need to get it back," my hands were in fists. 'Never get close' is what my dad used to say. why didn't I listen? tears sprang to my eyes from pure hatred and annoyance.  That bastard. "what he take that was so precious, for a guy in a gang to cry like that," he put down the bat and had a smirk, and crossed  his arms. "How do you know that?" I shut my eyes tight, my eyes blurry, probably a concussion. "huh, hurts that you forget about me so easy, I'm apart of your gang, now you; you hand picked me out yourself," the realization hit me. "Eriel?" A smile grew onto his face. "The one and only," I nodded. We don't have time  for small talk. "Eriel I need your help, untie me." He quickly UNdone the ropes. "What do you need help with,"  I rubbed my wrists putting back the circulation.  "My girlfriend," I answered. "Oh don't tell me