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“You’d think that would have made Greg release you.”
“Not a chance. He was still holding out hope that I would fall in love with him.”
Wilder sighed and sat beside her. “I’m really sorry for what you’ve been through.”
She shrugged and looked away. “Please don’t pity me.”
“Oh, it’s not pity I feel,” he replied. “I’ll help you vanish off the face of the earth. Greg can try to find you, but he won’t.”
“Thanks,” she said, her voice breaking with heavy relief. “I really don’t know what else to do but to disappear.”
“Won’t there be anyone who misses you?”
She shook her head. “I don’t have friends. I keep everyone at arm’s length. Only because the only people I meet either work for Greg or would report everything I say to him. He’s hurt people to hurt me before.” She winced as she recalled Stephanie, the only friend she had.
Had.
Stephanie was in a terrible state now, and it was all Amelia’s fault. Maybe, once she was safe and away from Greg’s clutches, she would find a way to make it up to her old friend.
“Believe me when I say that this coward of a man will never hurt you or anyone you care about again. That is a Wolverton guarantee.”
There was so much resolve in his voice that Amelia’s throat closed with a sob. She tried to suppress it, but it came out with a stream of tears. “Shit,” Wilder whispered as he stood from his seat and closed his arms around her in a tight hug. “I’m sorry. I said the wrong thing.”
“No, no. You said the right thing. I just…” She tried to explain what she felt, but she couldn’t find the words. A lifetime of pain poured out of her.
“It’s okay,” he said gently, rubbing her back with his big, strong hands. “It’s okay, Amelia. You’re safe here.”
And she believed him, letting herself melt into the first hug she’d had in years.
SIX
WILDER
Wilder held his mate.
There was no better feeling in the whole world.
That, of course, made him the world’s biggest asshole. What kind of man was he to be happy to be holding his mate when she was crying about her terrible life? He was a bigger jerk than Greg.
Okay, that was going too far. Still. It wasn’t a good look on him to be so happy to hold Amelia. She fit perfectly in his arms, and he could smell her hair to his heart’s content.
“Will you be okay?” he asked, forcing himself to pull away.
She sniffled. “Yeah. Eventually.”
“You can stay here as long as you need. I’ll make sure Greg can’t find you, and I’ll help you get a new identity if that’s what you want.”
There was more he would do for her, but he couldn’t tell her. He was going to destroy Greg. Wilder was going to make sure Greg was the one who would slink into obscurity. Not Amelia.
She had lost too much already.
“Thanks for helping me. I know I might not have enough money to pay you, but maybe with your help, I can access my trust fund without Greg finding out.”
He nodded. “Of course.” He wasn’t going to take a single penny from this woman. She was his mate.
He loved her already.
In fact, he had loved her from the moment he laid eyes on her all those years ago. It was madness to love someone he didn’t know, but he had long since said good-bye to his sanity. His parents and siblings saw to that, but meeting Amelia and knowing she would always belong to another had really done him in.
