His eyes were wild as he grabbed fistfuls of his hair again. She’d been on the couch since.Īmanda looked confused as she sat beside Ben, who paced in the kitchen, but she remained quiet as well. But how did I explain things to them when I couldn’t explain anything?
I didn’t know why, but I felt it in my gut. Carter’s connection to me had to be kept a secret. Carter didn’t want them to know about him and I didn’t want them to know either. I pulled her in for a hug and tried to reassure her again. But she looked away and a tear slid down. She never said a word, not even when I told her that I had to go somewhere else. She didn’t ask me how I knew or what I meant, but she nodded. She hadn’t said a word since I told her that we were protected. She sniffled and wiped a tear away from her eye, but she didn’t say anything. I looked over to the couch where she was huddling. “You’re leaving now? It’s the first night she slept through. “I don’t understand.” Ben wrung his hand through his hair. She has fight, more than I did when I started. He told his associate now, “I pushed her, Gene. He remained in the shadows as he interrogated her as he would one of his enemies. He hadn’t the heart to wake her so when he returned and found her awake, he was a coward. She’d been exhausted and starving, but she’d been at peace in that moment. “You sure she can handle all of this? You know how ugly it’s going to get.”Ĭarter sighed and remembered the look on her face when he saw her sleeping in the penthouse. And when she pulled that trigger, she became the hunted. The second Dunvan entered their lives, no one was safe.
“What happens when she realizes you’ve lied to her?” The second a Bertal shows up, our men have to scatter. “You know you can’t protect her friends, even if you have men watching them. He straightened abruptly, his hand still at his tender throat.
“So you lied to her.” He started to scoff his disapproval again but caught himself. “That I’ll have men watching them and protect them as much as I can.” “What did you tell her about the others?” Two other guards sat in the car with them, but no one made a move or sound.Īfter the car traveled a few more blocks, the associate remarked as he rubbed at his throat, “I’ve known you a long time. He held him for another few beats before he released him. “You will express your judgment when and only when I ask for it. It was a standoff between the two and Carter waited until he sensed the acceptance in his associate. His hand was at his throat and he held him paralyzed within his grip. “She’ll live with me.”Ĭarter had the man against the door in a flash. When he didn’t say anything, the older associate asked, “What did you tell her?” He didn’t look over, but felt his associate’s disapproval. I’ll come with you.”Ĭarter jogged back to the car and slipped into the backseat. “My men will watch with her, but as long as you’re with me.” “Your men will watch her? I won’t go with you unless you promise to protect her.
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