Believing Ben: Second Chance Protector Romance (Elite Forces HEAT Book 1) by Cross Harper

Author:Cross, Harper [Cross, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nyb Publishing
Published: 2024-04-18T05:00:00+00:00

22

SAVANNAH

I wanted to jump up and go after Ben, but Mai beat me to it. That was pretty audacious of the woman who’d accused her brother of being a cutter and runner. Maybe she hadn’t seen the hurt on his face when he’d said those words, but I couldn’t miss it. When she returned less than a minute later, I assumed he’d rightly sent her away.

I stood. “Thanks, everyone. That was a great dinner.” They’d all pulled together to make it happen, to celebrate Ben’s success. I hoped he would feel better by morning and be able to appreciate it, too. “I have to…”

“Understood,” Ryan said.

“You’re heading to bed already?” Mai asked. “I hoped you’d want to hang out tonight.”

Had she missed what everyone else had seen? I thought Ben had made it pretty obvious. I didn’t have the patience to explain it to her. I’d always loved her like a sister, and I still did, but in that moment, I didn’t much like her.

“I’m not going to bed,” I said as I walked past her on my way to the stairs.

“Savvy, I don’t think that’s a good idea right now,” she said. “He sent me away. He probably isn’t looking for a friend right now.”

I turned to face her and crossed my arms over my chest. “Can you blame him for sending you away? Cut and run, Mai? Really?”

“I never said that.”

Maybe she hadn’t used those words, but I’d bet money she’d called him Three-Be Ben over the years, just like their dad had. Neither one of them had bothered to notice how their words had sliced at his heart. I didn’t have the energy to argue with her. I started up the stairs.

She caught up to me on the second floor. “Savannah, wait. We can go see him together.”

“He already told you he doesn’t need his sister. And by the way, I’m not going to him as his friend.”

Her face went blank, then she furrowed her brow. “What does that mean?”

I watched understanding dawn on her, then continued up the stairs, leaving her behind.

“Savvy, that’s… I think it’s…”

“I don’t care what you think, Mai. Right now, I only care about Ben.”

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