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“Something like that.” No way I’m telling this shark that I felt a spark the first time I laid eyes on Rowan.
“Liar, but I’ll move on.”
“Please do.”
“Stop waiting around.”
“Waiting around?”
“Rowan is crazy about you… and I don’t mean like new relationship hearts, flowers, and rainbows shit. Although that is there, too. But she’s wrapped up in you. Anyone can see it.”
“We’re taking things slow.”
“Slow I can get on board with, but turtles move faster than you.”
“We just started dating.”
“You have been attracted to her for months.”
“She went through a lot; I don’t want to push her.”
“ARGH!” she screams at the ceiling. “Men are dense.”
Annoyance fuses in my chest. “Dense? Because I want to respect her?”
“Rowan has never known what true devotion and intimacy is. Shit, Ford, you held her hand today, and she was beaming brighter than the sun. She needs that and more.”
“Like what?”
“Every woman wants to feel desired and cherished.”
“She’ll let me know when she’s ready for the next steps.”
“No, she won’t. That’s what I’m trying to tell you. You have to be the one because that crazy douchebag did much more than scar her face.”
Irritation blisters into rage. “What the fuck did he do?”
“It wasn’t enough to kidnap and hold us hostage, wanting a big payday. In between being the ultimate psychopath and telling her he cheated on her repeatedly, he shared with her she was a poor lover.”
“The fuck you say?”
Just kissing the woman has my cock ready to explode. The softness of her body pressed tight, her scent, her taste, the sounds she makes… all of it on a constant reel in my head.
“His words were she fucks ‘like a dead fish’.”
A fiery red haze fills my vison, my blood blistering through my veins. “I should have killed him.” I slam my fist on the counter.
Major comes in, looking between us. “Baby, is there a reason Ford looks like he’s about to tear this place apart?”
“Ford Whitman just had a come to Jesus moment courtesy ala Julianna,” she says breezily as if I’m not about to lose my fucking mind.
“Jewls, I warned you to leave it alone.” He blows out a deep breath and eyes me wearily. “Man, you okay?”
“No, but I will be.” I stalk back to my room, hearing her soft laughter trailing behind me.
In the hall, I take a minute to calm down. The last thing in the world I want is for her to sense the wrath raging through my veins.
She’s had enough fear in her lifetime.
