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I want to protect her From Pilar and Zachary and the rumors, and hell, I even want to protect her fro I want to do

"Helpwith Zachary," she says

"I need to figure out what’s going on with Pilar and your father, and the only way I can do that is with Zachary occupied If he’s too focused on you, he won’t think about Pilar," I explain And with Pilar believing I’ve ended it with Violet, she’ll open up to ether, she nods, her lids lifting so she can er in her eyelashes, stream down her cheeks, and I kiss them away from her skin, rubthere

"Don’t cry, baby Everything ork out just the way you want it to I knoill" I kiss her sweet lips, fighting against the surge of protectiveness I feel for her, but it’s no use

It’s there I need to face it Face exactly what I feel for this woure that out

"And if I don’t know exactly hoant this to work out?" she asks cautiously

Daure it out day by day"

"I did it"

I slam the door of Pilar’s office behindjust in front of it She frowns atin her office, bugging her A far cry froyrated on hly skilled stripper and brought herself to orgas bored

"Violet Fowler is officially broken" I s coure she’ll have a lot of questions to ask and I’ve spent the last hour in ure out exactly what she would want to know

I’ation as any proper Boy Scout would be

"Broken how?" Her gaze flicks to mine for the briefest moment before she returns her attention to her laptop "I have ain thirty I don’t have time for petty bullshit"