The Protector^MAC by Lisa B. Kamps

Author:Lisa B. Kamps [Kamps, Lisa B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BimHaven Press
Published: 2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

The two boxes of condoms sat at the other edge of the table. Mac darted a subtle glance at them then at TR. She sat across from him, her brow furrowed with a small frown, a small notebook opened by her elbow. But she wasn't looking at the notebook, or at the half-eaten plate of chicken and pasta she'd pushed around for the last fifteen minutes. Or even at the condoms sitting a few feet away, practically forgotten since she had placed them there with a teasing smile.

The laughter and teasing had left her before they sat down to eat, had left her not long after they'd returned to his place. She'd taken most of the bags upstairs, had carefully unpacked each one and placed the new toiletries in a corner of the large vanity in his bathroom, almost like she was afraid of taking up too much space.

She could take over the whole damn room for all he cared. Didn't she know that? He had tried to tease her about it but the only thing his teasing had evoked was a small quirk of her lips that could have passed for a smile if he hadn't known better.

But Mac did know better and he wasn't buying it. She was back in that quiet place in her mind, still dealing with the upheaval that had become her recent life. The unplanned shopping spree and relaxed teasing at the store had broken through her thoughts and animated her for a little bit—but it wasn't enough.

Only time would really help. Time, and the assurance that nothing else would happen to her. He wouldn't allow it.

He swallowed back a grunt. Allow it. Yeah, because he'd had all the control in the fucking world to stop her car from plunging into that fucking pond. To stop the fucking explosion and subsequent fire that had destroyed her fucking apartment and everything in it.

Control.

What a fucking crock of shit. His ability to control what might or might not happen was nothing more than a fucking illusion that taunted him with his very real inability to protect her the way he wanted to. In order to do that, he'd have to take her to some remote place only he knew about it and hide her away from the rest of the world.

Tempting—

If he wanted to go all caveman on her and risk having her never speak to him again. Would it be worth it?

Yeah, it would. He'd risk losing her forever if it meant keeping her safe.

But that wasn't a viable option. Not yet.

He'd just have to stay close to her. Protect her. Give her the means to protect herself, too, if it came to that. Maybe that would help with the feeling of being completely powerless, completely helpless, that she was struggling with. No, she hadn't said as much—maybe she didn't even realize it. But Mac knew. Someone as fiercely independent as TR would need to feel at least some control over her world.

Like the list she had been making.

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