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Since Matthew.
Since he beat her.
Raped her.
God. She wished she could think about it without feeling ill. But even after all these years, it was impossible.
So she’d gone online in search of a relationship. She’d joined a kink-friendly dating website because she’d been so damn lonely that, at one stage, she spent every night crying herself to sleep.
Pathetic.
She cringed as she followed him out the door to the parking lot.
Only maybe I deserve to be lonely.
“Greer?”
All she’d had were her books, her next-door neighbors, and the men she’d talked to online. Men she hadn’t been brave enough to meet in real life.
That was something she would never tell Aidan. He would completely flip out.
“Greer?”
She jumped as someone touched her arm and shied back, her heart pounding.
“Hey. Sorry.”
She stared up at Hack, who had his hands up in the air. What was he doing?
“I didn’t mean to scare you.”
“Sorry. I was . . . lost in my head.”
Instead of looking impatient as she’d expected, he appeared thoughtful.
That was almost worse.
She had the feeling that not much got past this man.
“You’re freezing. Let’s get your stuff and get you warm. Where is your car?”
“Over here.” She led him over to her small bright yellow hatchback.
He paused, staring down at the car with a look of shock. “This is your car?”
“Uh, yes? Why? Is there something wrong?”
“You drove halfway across the country in this?”
“Hey, she’s reliable,” she defended Buttercup. She patted the hood.
He shot her a look of disbelief.
“What? I know Buttercup doesn’t look like much, but she has always treated me well.”
“It just broke down. How can it be reliable when it isn’t going? And did you really name your car Buttercup?”
“I think it suits her. And she was reliable up until now.”
