CHAPTER TWENTY

“What happened?” I hear Gavin’s voice brush against the shell of my ear, soft like velvet but traced with concern as he speaks.

I turn to face him and his eyes, darkened with worry but still a brilliant blue gray, lock onto mine.

“I woke up in the hospital. The night they found me, I was in bad shape. My dad found me that

way. He attacked Bryce, but he never got in trouble for that, thank God."

Gavin nods, his face calmer now, though I see the simmering anger in his eyes. He wants to protect me and it makes me feel safe knowing he feels that way.

"Is he..."

"Bryce- he’s out of jail now, but I have a restraining order against him. If he steps within five hundred feet of me, he’ll go back to prison."

I look up to see a stark, determined look in those eyes I’ve come to so well. I can see what he is thinking and I hastily shake my head.

"I need a last name, Sophia." So he can track down the bastard that hurt me and do what?

"No." I will not let him do that. It won’t change anything.

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