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His grip slowly loosened.
"Three."
A hand came out of nowhere and slapped Jason's arm off me. My savior stepped between us and pushed Jason away, causing him to stumble and fall on his ass, almost comically. The man standing between us wore glasses and had muscles like he was bulking. And the man had the angriest expression I had ever seen.
"Who do you think you are?" Jason asked. "And what the hell are you doing."
"I'm Dr. Ben Sullivan, and this woman, is my staff member," Ben said. "I should be the one asking you what the hell you're doing."
This was bad. While I was glad that Ben had stepped in to save me, there was still a chance that Jason was going to say something. Ben would find out that I have been a mother before.
In most stories, the female lead is supposed to have her first child with no one other than the protagonist…it was real life and all. What if he started look at me differently? Like the way the others did when they found out I had lost a daughter?
Those eyes of pity. The ones of doubt that I could properly bear children. The ones of disappointment that expected me to have done better while trying to save my daughter. I didn't want Ben to look at me like that.
"Listen man, you don't have any idea what you're getting yourself involved with," Jason said.
"By all means, enlighten me," Ben said.
I held Ben's sleeve and gently tugged at it getting his attention.
"Ben just leave him be, let's go to the hospital," I said.
"Did he hurt you? Any bruises?" Ben asked as he tried to inspect my arm.
"Let's just go," I said as I pulled him along.
"Olivia?! Where do you think you're going?" Jason asked. "Who is this guy?'
"Look sir," Ben wanted to engage him, but I stopped him.
"Please let's just go," I pleaded.
"You two are together?" Jason asked.
"Jason stop," I frowned.
"Stop what? I just need to know if you're happy, that's all." He flashed a wicked grin; he had something to give him a slight edge over me.
"Are you alright Olivia?" Ben asked, as he led me to his car. "Maybe I should call the police."
"No don't," I said.
"Oh, he has a nice car and all," Jason continued his taunting. "I guess this is what you ended up replacing me with."
Shit.
Ben stopped walking and turned to look at him.
"Ben, please don't listen to him," I warned.
"Come on Olivia, don't allow my successor to be left out of the loop. I'll feel bad for him," Jason said.
"What is he talking about?" Ben asked me.
I couldn't say anything to explain myself. I just glared at Jason so hard that I wished he would drop dead.
"Oh, I'm assuming you don't know…," Jason sighed. "Alright, I'll end your ignorance."
