Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 29

I stumble into the car, mumbing a greeting under my breath.

"Finally," Michael groans, putting his phone away. "Geez, what took you so..." He looks at me. "Did something happen?"

I raise an eyebrow. "Besides the suffering of these courses? No."

He stares at me for a while. I stare back long enough to not draw suspicion, and then I turn slowly towards the window right before the waterworks start again.

"You're sure you're fine?" he asks.

I nod. I don't look at him.

"Mia?"

"Oh my gosh, are we ever going to get home?" I laugh. I pull my phone out. Another excuse to not look at him.

"Okay, okay," he starts the car. "You know though-"

"I know, Michael," I groan.

"Just saying," He puts his hands up. "I can whoop some ass. Remember when that guitar boy-"

"Don't remind me." I roll my eyes.

He smirks. "A brother deserves props for doing his job right. Let me have this, Mia."

"Your job?" I ask quietly, teasing.

"Yes, my job." He turns to me. "Scratch that, It's my career to protect you from boys, or mean teachers, or hell, the lunch food if that's what's threatening your life. I know it's threatening mine right about now." He smiles, testing the waters.

I chuckle.

He chuckles too. "See? I'm good at this." He puts his hand on my shoulder, squeezing gently. "If something happened-"

"Nothing happened."

"If it did, you can talk to me."

I don't say anything. I can't.

He sighs. He stays quiet for a while. "Remember that time when I crashed the car and you didn't tell Mom and Dad? We got it fixed without them knowing and everything was okay. That was cool of you. I can be cool. I won't tell anyone. But just like I had to tell you then, if something happened, you have to tell me now."