Shielding Gillian by Susan Stoker

Author:Susan Stoker [Stoker, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stoker Aces Production LLC

Trigger wanted to know what the fuck happened behind that closed conference room door more than he wanted his next breath. His woman was fucking exhausted and almost catatonic. He should’ve tried harder to be allowed in there with her. He would’ve made sure the two investigators didn’t push her too hard.

“What’d you do?” he growled as Gary and Calum exited the room.

They both looked surprised at the venom in his tone. They looked from him to Gillian then back.

“She did good,” Gary said quietly. “Much better than we’d expected.”

“We might’ve gone on a little longer than we did with the others, but she had a lot of really useful information,” Calum told him.

Again, Trigger mentally kicked himself for not at least forcing them to take a break. Gillian had been in with them for over five hours. She’d missed lunch and had obviously been pushed too far.

Wanting to lambast the investigators, but knowing that would delay getting Gillian home, he turned his back on the two men and leaned down to the exhausted woman in his arms. She was strong as fuck, but even superheroes had their breaking points.

“Ready to go home?” he asked gently.

She nodded against his chest.

“You want me to carry you?”

She shook her head but didn’t move.

Trigger couldn’t help but smile. He didn’t rush her, simply waited for her to gather enough strength to walk out of the building by his side. Within a minute, he felt her take a big breath and pull away from him.

He didn’t let her go far, keeping his arm around her waist. She leaned heavily on him and he felt her finger hook into one of the belt loops of his jeans. He wanted to ask her what happened, what was said, but knew that was the last thing she needed. Right now she needed food, and to feel safe.

Gillian didn’t need his protection because she was weak. She was far from it. But he needed to give it to her because she was important to him. Over the last month, he’d found himself thinking about her almost every minute of the day. She’d quickly become one of the most important people in his life. And he’d be damned if he did anything to harm her in any way.

He got her to his Blazer and helped her get buckled in. She closed her eyes and rested her head on the back of the seat, exhaustion easy to read in her body language. Before starting the car, Trigger took the time to order food for them from a diner near her apartment. He stopped to pick it up before heading to her place. She didn’t even ask what he’d ordered or what he was doing, she was that tired.

The second they entered her apartment, she turned to him. “I’m going to go lie down…is that all right?”

He hated seeing her like this. “You don’t have to ask my permission to lie down in your own apartment, Gilly. Go on. I’ll be in soon with some lunch.

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