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“Mason, baby.” A voice choked out the words with pain similar to the ache spreading through my chest. “I’m here.”
I gasped, my eyelids flying upward.
The image of Joseph in my mind’s eye, his manic expression, moved like a heat wave…shimmering…dissolving.
Gentle touches to my neck, my shoulder drew me from the darkness of my memories. A hand ran over my hair, fingers working through the strands. Fingernails grazed my scalp, sending a shiver down my spine and helping me focus on the present.
“Shh. I’m here,” the sweet voice repeated. “I have you.”
Jasper.
I swallowed hard and burst into a sob as I focused on his amber eyes. “Hold me,” I gasped, reaching to draw him close. We clung together, and I couldn’t burrow deep enough into his embrace. Couldn’t sear his touch into my soul as thoroughly as Joseph had. Couldn’t weave the fabric of our beings into one where nothing had access to me but him.
My tears eventually dried, and still Jasper held me. His lips pressed to my hair as I exhaled a shuddered sigh against his warm neck. He smelled like sunshine and freedom even after hours of sleep.
Jasper was my savior sent from heaven to rescue me from the hellish spawn who tormented my mind. If only I could find release from my past trauma and emotional healing through his touch.
“Okay now?” he murmured, his breath hot on my forehead.
I nodded, awake and aware I’d escaped my nightmare but was far from stable.
“Do you want to talk about it?”
My throat swelled from rising panic. The truth of that night, how I had become bound and at Joseph’s mercy, was the last thing Jasper needed to hear from my lips.
I would lose him for sure.
Shaking my head, I pressed closer against him, nuzzling his neck. “Make me forget.”
Jasper didn’t speak a word, simply gave me what I asked for, saving me from haunting memories and creating new ones to take their place.
If only they could be enough to last me through the weeks to come.
Kellen got back from Maine on the day my lover reluctantly returned to his office.
I went home and tidied up according to the chart Jasper had left me. After taking the lazy way out and ordering groceries rather than heading out into public for them myself where I might buckle beneath anxiety, I settled on the couch.
I still hadn’t told my friend about the assault, deciding to wait until his brief vacation ended, since I knew he would be upset.
The guilt of withholding the full truth from Jasper ate at my insides. If I didn’t find relief soon, I would end up with an ulcer.
At least the texts from Joseph had stopped after the initial influx on Sunday, so I didn’t need a harassment order.
It appeared as though I had dropped off the face of the earth for my tormentor. Perhaps he’d given up on me and had found a new daddy, someone as kinky and fucked up in the head as he was. If so, he would leave me alone, allowing me freedom to hope for a future with Jasper.
Rather than telling Kellen over the phone what had happened after I’d left Micah’s party, I shot him a text.
Me:What are you up to?
Kell:Nothing. I don’t have a client until later tonight, so I’m free.
Me:Lunch?
Kell:Want to whip up some of your famous waffles or should I grab a couple of steak bombs?
My mouth watered at his suggestion. It had been weeks since I’d had a sub from Antonio’s, and Jasper had made my favorite breakfast every morning after waking me up with his lips around my dick.
Me:Steak bombs. TY
