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Then he’s directly in front of me, and he looks at me with the sa when he almost kissed me
He takes my hands in his
“I promise you, Peyton I will never let anyone hurt you”
“Why do you care now?”
“We talked about this”
His blue eyes darken with emotion They pierce the small distance between us A tense silence envelops the room Neither of us speaks for a second as we stare at each other Thethat has happened over the past few months fills the space
Gently, his thu away the tension
“The way I treated you rong,” he says on a heavy sigh, his voice filled with anguish
“Being wrong and caring are two separate things”
“You’re right They are I did what I did, and I rong, and I apologize The other partWhy do I care?” His eyes shut, and when they open again, they find mine with precision “I don’t know That’s the honest truth But I do I just care I don’t knohen I started, but it doesn’t change the fact that I don’t want anything to happen to you I don’t want anybody to hurt you”
I stare into his large eyes, probing their sincerity I see nothing to make me doubt him He holds my hand and stares back intojust beneath the surface
After a beat, he lets go, and then he’s standing “I’ll be back in an hour”
I shakeme far too much credit”
“Payton, I knoon’t take you an hour to get ready”
I raise a brow “And how do you know that about me?”
He sobers, and he’s one hundred percent serious when he says, “I know a lot more than I’ve ever let on about you”
I know I’ve lost it when his words send butterfly jitters all over my stomach
I’ve officially lost it
I clear ?”
“There was only that one time”
“No, that’s not true”
“I never really spied on you”
“Sure”
He shakes his head and moves toward the door “Be ready Jen will be here in a minute to help you”
I want to say I don’t need help, but that’s a blatant lie The tracking device I found can attest to that It sours my mood a bit, especially when Jen, the nurse he hired, walks into the rooer shower me
She helps me up and into the bathroom
This is overkill