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I growled at hiht, you work on commission, so you creep on woet away from you Not cool, and it’s really not cool when you try it with a woman that happens to be with her overly possessive and extremely protective boyfriend That also makes theht the fuck off You got uy blinked rapidly and I felt Poppy place a calainst her touch I stepped away frouy and pointed at the stack of papers that equaled a hefty commission for him "You can keep your cut of the sale but you bet your ass I’ll be getting in touch hoever yourtherabbed Poppy’s hand and pulled her around in front of me so that we could walk out of the store with ly intent that shined out of their eyes, but with ot to the on that I drove when the roads were too bad for the Caddy to navigate and I helped boost her into the seat The truck was a behemoth, lifted to the sky and painted black with silver flakes The thing looked like it would survive the end of the world and drive over anything that tried to stop it It got crap gas e, was a bitch to park in the city, but when the weather got cold and the snow piled up, it was my favorite toy to play with

When I cliently scoldthe lecherous salesman to task but instead she turned to look out theand told et in touch with our ain, until she finally gave in and reached out Monant, and when she called ine not knowing her grandchild, so I thought for sure if she knew Sale out she would respond My dad answered, called Sale up She called back and there was no answer She asked Rowdy to call, and again, nothing I don’t knohat’s going on in that house but I do know it can’t be anything good I’m worried about my mom, not because she’s et living with so I don’t want " She craned her head in my direction and blinked wide, innocent eyes atbefore now because I wasn’t sure I could actually do it"

I frowned and shifted my attention from the road over to her for a split second "Do what?"

She sucked in an audible breath and let it out slowly "Go back home I wasn’t sure I could face my father and deal hatever it is he’s done to my mother and I realized I couldn’t, at least not alone I need you to come with h as I steered the o and Rowdy lost hison a plane, and Sayer and Zeb also offered to go, but the only way I can do it is if I know I’ll be safe and the only time I feel safe is when I’m with you"

I hated it

The last place on earth I wanted her was anywhere near the iven her over to her torlance, and as far as I was concerned, her irls and run as far and as fast as she could away fro but try and destroy them But I knew Poppy needed this To her, it wasn’t about rescuing heranother abuse victim No one should have to live like that even if the person was the one behind her horrible upbringing

I wanted to pull a Rowdy and flatly forbid her fro but she needed this and I needed to be there to keep her safe when all the skeletons ca out of the closet They could bury her "Give s squared away at work so I can be gone for a few days"

She made a noise and leaned across the seat so that she could plant a kiss on my cheek I turned my head at the last hed at the contact I put ave it a squeeze

"If I’ for me" I lifted an eyebrow at her and turned the truck toward don instead of Capitol Hill, where her apart for a way to work this into a conversation and was grateful she’d unknowingly givenfor you, Hudson"

She se to her to where ht because ht … well, that’s good to know because so to freak out"

Her mouth fell open and her shoulders tensed atto give you soer than a bread box" It had been a knock-down, drag-out fight to get her to take the pretty, delicate poppy earring and necklace set that I bought her for Christmas She told me it was too much, that she didn’t want our relationship to be about the ive to each other I knew she was trying to protectthe woreedy and materialistic like Kallie had been and I wanted to be able to give her things that res that made me smile when I sa much she liked them

She stiffened next to e and pushed in the code that ers spasher and thinner than nor, I turned her hands over and kissed the back of one of them I slid off the bench seat and walked around to her side of the truck so I could help her down The snow she was standing in went all the way up to her ankles and the stuff falling froht in her honey-colored hair I bent so I could kiss the tip of her nose and asked her, "You trust"I trust you"