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She lets out another sob, shoulder quaking under my touch. “Deep down, I know that.”
But she’s having trouble believing it. Jesus Christ, I’ve never felt so helpless. And I can’t not hold her right now. Scooting behind her, I settle at her back and pull her between my thighs, winding my arms around her. “If I have my way, no one will ever hurt you again.”
“You can’t protect me from every bad situation in life.” She turns her head until our mouths linger an inch apart. “But I love you for wanting to.”
“It’s second nature to protect you.”
She turns in my arms, and we lie between the sheets again. She rests her head on my chest. “To make matters worse,” she says with a dry laugh, “Chris said he got my sister pregnant.”
I rub a hand down my face. Fuck, I want to murder her ex.
“How could my own sister do this to me? How could Perry?”
I press a kiss to the top of her head. “Did you tell your friend what you remembered?”
“No.” She curls her fingers around my bicep. “I don’t want to talk about this again. I just…I needed to get it off my chest.”
“Are you sure that’s what you want?”
“Yes. It’s been months, and I’ve moved on. Maybe I even knew the truth, deep down.”
“He should pay for what he did to you.”
“It would be his word against mine. I have no proof. Besides…I’m not even a hundred percent sure it happened the way I remembered.”
I wrap her in my arms as if I’ll never let go and breathe into her hair through gritted teeth. I’m already concocting plans, studying the angles. The possibilities. In a few weeks, I’ll be in OKC for business, and I’d place a wager that I have a few connections with the fucker who violated her.
The kind of connections that hold positions of power and might owe MontBlake a favor or two. If I can’t see him behind bars, I can fuck the bastard up on a professional level.
Right after I fuck up his face.
She lifts her head, and her gaze locks with mine. “Let it go, Cash.”
I exhale the tension in my lungs. “I could ruin him.”
The shake of her head is resolute. “I told you because I needed to tell someone, and there’s no one I trust more than you. Please…I need you to let it go.”
“Jesus, Jules.” I close my eyes and count the painful beats of my heart. “For you, I’ll try.”
She lays her head on my chest once again, and even after sleep sends her drifting, and her breathing levels out, my hands remain two tight fists at her back, holding her to me with all I am.
Jules deserves justice. At the very least, she deserves closure. But I know the world doesn’t always work that way, and sometimes, the only thing a person can do is let go and move forward.
