Elsie I sat shivering in the passenger seat of the Porsche. The heat was blasting, but I still felt the deep, agonizing cold in my bones. I was soaking the expensive leather, but Caleb didn't seem to notice. He just held my wrist, his thumb resting gently over my pulse point. "You're safe now," he'd said. The words were simple, but they shattered my control. They were the kindest, most reckless words anyone had spoken to me since Clarita died. I finally pulled my hand away, wrapping my arms around myself. "I—I don't understand, sir. You shouldn't have done that. Your father... he must be furious." Caleb kept his eyes on the road, navigating the blinding rain with a tight focus. "He is," he said, the corner of his mouth turning up slightly. "But I don't care. That storm was dangerous, Elsie. You shouldn't have been walking." He came for me. It was a ridiculous, unbelievable truth. The first day I saw him, when I came to interview for the maid position, he was in the
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