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Not when Cain was looking so relaxed and…disconnected

I let hts drift to the events at the bank “He et into my box, huh?” I asked

“That or the BOLO was enough to convince the bank to give him access…I’m not sure what the lahen it comes to stuff like that Daisy never found any warrants on you so if he used one, it wasn’t legit”

“But that lady called the cops when she recognized ht?”

Cain nodded “He probably convinced her to put a note on your account to call the cops”

“He got everything,” I said softly as I shook my head “If Lucy’s phone can’t be fixed-”

“Even if it can’t be fixed, Ethan, Eric is never getting to you or her again I promise you that”

I knehat he was talking about and while the doctor in me rebelled, thesomeone else If it had just been me he’d hurt, I could’ve lived with that, even if itfor the rest of my life But Lucy’s life was at risk and I couldn’t subject her to that future

“What if I turn h the idea filled me with dread I wasn’t sure what scaredup in Eric’s control again With prison, I had a chance ofout…with Eric, I had no chance of anything

I looked up when I heard the chair creak and I watched as Cain walked over toover s open until he was standing with one leg between

“That’s Not An Option,” he said slowly and then he was leaning over ue dueled with ht following me down I tentatively held onto his waist as he kissed ers press into his sides so I’d have so control ofhim to fuck me when there was a knock at the door I jolted at the sound and tried to scramble free of him

“It’s the food,” Cain said softly against ently He lifted off me and went to answer the door My eyes instantly fell to his ass as he reached into his back pocket for his wallet

Jesus, rong with me? It had taken weeks for me to let Eric kiss ether, but with Cain I would have done anything to feel him inside me

I’d never been particularly fond of sex with Eric because he’d always been on the rough side and hadn’t cared about my pleasure, but with Cain I kneouldn’t be like that I didn’t kno I knew, I just did The problem wasn’t with the physical aspect of any relationship I pursued with Cain It was my heart that was in jeopardy

I’d thought myself in love with Eric, but I realized now that what I’d had with him hadn’t even been in the sarateful that he’d wanted ed him with just about any man who’d shown me even an ounce of kindness or interest and I’d have said the sa hi his whispered words in my ear…his belief that I was perfectly fine the way I was…it was already piecing back together ed heart From the moment I’d told hiiving me

I couldn’t fall in love with this man…I just couldn’t I’d survived Eric because of his brutality I couldn’t survive losing theme

“Scoot over,” Cain said as he stopped at the edge of the bed, two pizza boxes in hand I crawled backwards on the bed until I was sitting on the far side of it, led towards Cain He put the boxes down on the end of the bed and sat doith his back against the headboard “I got different kinds,” he said

“What?” I asked dumbly as I let olden boy looks