Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 27

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The drive back was painfully quiet, and every way I had guessed I’d slink myself closer to her,

had me fading further away from her with each mile I drove. I had been an asshat and thought

my actions would gain her trust. I wasn’t thinking about her needs. I wouldn’t make that

mistake again. She wanted a low profile. That is what made her feel safe. I’d give her that. I

only hoped he would accept my word at face value, I needed time to get down to the bottom

of this mystery of who Briar really was in relation to Jake, and what exactly had happened to

her to bring her here in the condition she was in.

When we pulled up to Jake’s place, she shook her head, her hand pausing over the latch to her

seatbelt. I know you are just trying to be friendly, but I was never given anything in life, I

earned it. The first person I let do anything for me, did this,” she said, motioning to her face.

I’m not going to fall into another trap like that again.”

“I’m not trying to trap you, Briar. I just want to help you. You’re new here; not everyone around here is going to be welcoming. You’ve gone through something awful, so you shouldn’t

be entirely alone. You were important to Jake, you’re here now, and I’ll be damned if I let you

go through all the shit you must be going through by yourself. I promise, I won’t buy you

anything else, and once you have the power on and the truck running, I’ll back off.”

“Didn’t you just come here to make sure I wasn’t squatting on Jake’s place?”

“Yeah, well, Jake would probably knock my teeth in from the other side if I didn’t do right by

you. I don’t feel right just leaving you on your own.”

“The last thing I want is anyone’s pity,” she huffed, shaking her head.

“It’s not pity, Briar, it’s compassion. This is a small town and we take care of each other. Jake

must have given you the property for a reason, so to me, that’s enough of a voucher to include

you in our community. Others may take more convincing, but in my eyes, you’re already a part of the p…town, and I’m here for you. Just like I’d be here for any of them.” I wasn’t lying, but

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I was omitting the part where I needed to know more about her, and there were some things 1

was keeping to myself until I learned enough to make sense of everything before saying too

much to her, or to him.

I helped her sort out what she was keeping here, and when I went to help her inside, she

asked, “Don’t you have a wife or a girlfriend to go home to? I’d be pissed if my man left me

home alone to follow some other female around all night.”

“No, it’s just me. I usually eat at the diner cuz eating at home reminds me I live alone, well

besides Rosie and Tucker.”

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