Lahat ng Kabanata ng Love & Fate Series: The Thrown Away Girl: Kabanata 221 - Kabanata 230

But I guess he was right. I needed to have something covering me. Now that I look around, there are other officers, averting their eyes from me, and mostly focusing on Zachary who is currently snarling at them to let him go... None of them are actually listening to a thing he says.I watch as he unbuttons his shirt and throws it over me. It's still warm from his body heat, and it smells like him. It's soft and comforting. I wear it like a shield. Like it could protect me from everything that just happened.Then he pulls me back into his arms again. I close my eyes as I cuddle up deep into his embrace. I don't think I can manage to deal with the outside world right now. I just want Brody to rock me in his arms for the rest of my life.I'm vaguely aware of him talking to someone, but my face is in his chest at the moment and I don't think I can ever move from this spot again. I breathe him in and just focus on his scent. Focus on his warmth... Anything else is just too much for me right

Becca's POVI don't want to do it. I don't want to go in there! I want to turn away and run. Why did I agree to come here in the first place? My mind races over everything I know I need to do, and every single one of them makes me want to shrink away.My body is vibrating with anxiety and my stomach is twisted in knots. The entire experience is replaying over and over again in my mind, no matter how hard I try to push it away. I can't get Zach's face out of my mind. His cruel smirk. His punishing bites. His hard slaps. His hard painful thrusts...The only thing holding me in place is Brody's strong arms, shielding me from my impending exam. I focus on his smell, spicy and clean. On his warmth, filling me to the very core of my being. On the pounding of his heart under my ear. Anything that can keep me in the moment and not drag me into the darkness trying to swallow me whole."Shh, gorgeous. I'm right here," he whispers over and over again, rubbing my back in gentle circles. The words

He helps me up on the exam table and stands beside me, holding my hand, just as the doctor knocks and enters. My hold on his hand tightens, but I don't know how to stop it. Brody squeezes my hand letting me know he's still here with me."Okay, Dr. Chase. I understand this is not what you want, but I'm going to start with an internal exam first to get it out of the way. Then we will need some pictures, and I will check you over to make sure nothing else is wrong with you," Dr. Matheson explained.I just nod my head. There is nothing else I can do. I just want this over with. I'm not going to put up a fight... I'm too tired to even try to fight.Brody helped me lay down on the table and he focused on me the entire time. I didn't want to see what was happening. I just watch as Brody's jaw clenches, and the softness in his eyes as he watches me. I focus on the warmth of his strong hand holding mine.I felt so vulnerable and invaded. But looking into Brody's face gave me the strength I nee

I wipe the tears falling down her face with my thumbs, not sure I believe her. It feels like it's my fault. My heart sure as hell thinks it's all my fault. This feeling of nausea sure feels like it's my fault."I was so scared," I admit. "I didn't know if I would ever see you again. We couldn't find you," I grumble, remembering the harrowing hours we spent searching for any sign of her.She nuzzles my neck. She feels so good. I want to forget everything and get lost in her soft touch. She is the one thing anchoring me to reality."I didn't know if you would find me..." she whispers into my skin. "I didn't know if he would finally kill me after he was done... He said it was his r-right to have m-me, that I s-still belonged to h-him."I feel her entire body tremble in my arms. I tighten my hold on her and rock her gently. I run my nose along the length of hers before kissing the tip."Tell me what happened," I ask. "I know you need to get it all out."I'm not sure I'm ready to hear this

Becca's POVI woke up tucked into Brody's chest. He was warm and comforting. I didn't want to move. I don't remember the last time that I've woken up and didn't want to get out of bed. But right then, I really just wanted to stay where I was.I think back to yesterday. I balled my eyes out. I was past ugly crying... I was hideous crying... If that was actually a thing. I cried with my entire soul. Everything ached and it all came out. Every single last ache and pain. Internal and external. I just let it all out while Brody cradled me to him. He didn't say a thing. It was like he knew exactly what I needed last night.I don't know when I've felt so light. I feel like the weight of the world has suddenly lifted my shoulders. In a funny way, I feel like he was lifting me up while I was falling down. He was there to catch me from my fall, and carefully he put my broken pieces back together.Brody held me and let me cry myself to sleep. At some point he picked me up, and brought me to his