He took his finger and lifted her chin. “I suddenly saw you as a woman and not just the girl who’s lived with us for the past few years. Seeing you as a woman changed everything.”
She smacked his arm, which probably hurt her more than him. “Then change it back. I don’t want you like that.”
He slowly blinked at her statement. “Is it because of what happened to you? We can work through that.”
“Is he bothering you?” Darius called from the front step.
Greer muttered something very impolite under his breath, and then said, louder, “Go back in the house. We’re talking.”
Darius started to wheel down the ramp. “Whatever concerns Shea concerns me, too.”
“I’m going in now,” she said, dashing off before Darius could get close. As she suspected, he turned around and followed her back to the front step. Greer stayed by his vehicle, giving Darius a pissed look. She was glad Darius had stopped that conversation. Way too close for comfort on many levels.
“I’m fine, Greer,” she called to him. “Thanks for caring. Get to work.”
“Did I interrupt a tense moment?” Darius asked once he’d caught up to her, watching Greer’s yellow Jeep back out. “Looked like he was harassing you. It had to do with whatever he did to you, didn’t it? Tell me, and I’ll make sure—”
“It’s none of your business.” She stalked into the house to find something for dinner, anything to get her mind off what just transpired.
It was hard to think about spaghetti or leftover steak when one question dominated her mind: how could it be a coincidence that the man who had been mauled was her rapist?
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