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Again, I’m haunted by the knowledge that I tortured their father.
And that I’d do it again in a heartbeat if he were standing in front of me.
“She’s improving. I think talking with new people is pulling her out of her shell.”
“That’s great.”
“She was in Girl Scouts, so she’s going to help Eva during the day. Eva’s pretty smart and can help her with her schooling. However, that’s going to work.”
“I’m glad everything’s working out.”
“So…was my dad okay? Did he say anything? Did he even ask about me?”
Dread coils in my gut like a snake. “We’ll talk about your father later.”
She gives a curt nod.
I can see that she’s nervous about something. It could just be the emotional impact of having her sister safe or the anxiety that thinking about her father causes her.
All I know for sure is that I’d do anything to make it better.
“I liked what we did last night,” she blurts.
My heart blooms at the prospect of doing it again. “I did too.”
She bites her full lip. “Watching you kind of made it more terrifying, though.”
Frowning, I say, “Why is that?”
“It’s…larger than I expected it to be.”
“You don’t have to worry about my cock,” I assure her. “I’m fine with our arrangement.”
“But I’m not.”
“Pardon?”
“I want you. I never expected to, but my feelings for you are strong, and honestly, they’ve been there longer than I realized.” She exhales a long breath. “For so long, I was bent on hating you, but you did nothing worth hating. You were wonderful, which made me hate you even more, for some fucked up reason. But it wasn’t you I was angry at. It was me. I was warm and comfortable while Maisy was with…him…”
“That wasn’t your fault, and now she’s safe. You’re the reason she’s safe.”
“Yes, and for the first time in months, I can think clearly, without being so mad. And without my constant worrying, you’re all I think about.”
Her confession floors me.
“Are you sure? I mean, it could be the circumstance.”
She shrugs. “What’s not to like? You’re handsome, muscular, really freaking nice. And you make me feel really good. I can’t think of a man here that would treat me like you did, staying celibate for so long.”
I swallow a thick lump welling in my throat. If I hadn’t flayed the bastard, I could take her without worry.
But I could not abide his presence. Not after what he’d done to Britney.
“Maybe tonight we can…for the first time?” she asks in a voice that’s so sweet and innocent, it makes me forget the months of frustration she put me through.
“Maybe.”
She pouts. “Don’t you want to?”
