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Her hand rose to scratch at her cheek, but his hands were in the way.
“Girl,” he growled at her. “I am going to protect you. You will listen to me. And if you do anything to put yourself at risk, you’re going to be in a world of trouble, understand me? So if you have any ideas of trying to protect me, then think again. Not. Fucking. Happening.”
“Hey, you can’t threaten her,” Sampson stated.
He didn’t bother looking at the other man. They might be Maeve’s family, but this was between the two of them.
“You go against any of my safety rules and you won’t sit for a week.”
She sucked in a sharp breath.
“Whoa,” Immy whispered. “Anyone else finding this hot as heck?”
“Immy,” Jenner scolded. “We should give them privacy.”
Gray blocked them out, staring down at Maeve. “I can and will protect you, Maeve. And you will let me. Or I will lock you down, got me? I will ground you from now until you figure out that no one is getting past me to you.”
“This guy is dangerous, though,” she whispered.
“So am I, baby.” He knew he needed to tell her exactly who he was.
Suddenly a phone rang. He glanced over as Sampson answered his phone with a frown.
“Isaiah! I’ve been trying to get hold of you all day! Why weren’t you answering your phone?”
Sampson seemed to listen to the other man for a moment. “Right. Got it. Did you listen to my messages? Yeah, we think it was Maeve’s stalker. Don’t know who else would try to kill her. No, yeah. She’s fine. She’s here. Really. You can talk to her if you want. I’ll put you on speaker phone. Abe’s all right. Just got a concussion. He’s sleeping. Yeah, we’re keeping an eye on him.”
Sampson placed the phone down on the coffee table.
“Maeve?” Isaiah asked urgently. “Are you all right?”
“I’m fine,” she told him, slipping around on Gray’s lap. He held her against him when she attempted to climb off.
This wasn’t the first time they’d mentioned Isaiah. Was he another friend? Where was he?
“What the hell happened? How did someone get past the security system to attack Abe and hurt Maeve?” Isaiah demanded.
“Looks like an inside job,” Sampson said grimly. “Andy is missing.”
Isaiah swore long and loud. “He hit Abe? You think he tried to drown Maeve?”
“Don’t know,” Sampson said with clear frustration.
“I don’t get why Andy would try to kill me. He can’t be my stalker, right? He was here when I was attacked?”
Gray growled.
“Who was that?” Isaiah asked.
“Maeve’s friend,” Sampson said.
“Maeve’s boyfriend,” Immy added.
“What?” Isaiah asked.
“He turned up just after someone drowned Maeve,” Jenner explained.
“He saved her,” Immy said with a sigh. “It’s all rather romantic.”
