He took me in when I had nowhere else to go. He doesn’t use me, hurt me, or forget about me. He listens to me, protects me, and sees me. I can feel his eyes on me over the breakfast table, and my heart pumps so hard when I hear him pull in the driveway after work.<\/p>\n
I have to stop this. It can’t happen.<\/p>\n
My sister once told me there are no good men, and if you find one, he’s probably unavailable. Only Pike Lawson isn’t the unavailable one.
\nI am.<\/p>\n
PIKE<\/p>\n
I took her in, because I thought I was helping. As the days go by, though, it’s becoming anything but easy. I have to stop my mind from drifting to her and stop holding my breath every time I bump into her in the house. I can’t touch her, and I shouldn’t want to.<\/p>\n
But we’re not free to give into this. She’s nineteen, and I’m thirty-eight.<\/p>\n
And her boyfriend’s father.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, they both just moved into my house.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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