What they did to me? What they took from me? It’s beyond words.
I hate men. All of them!
Except for my dad and Uncle Buddy. But the rest? They’re all the same.
I promised myself at five years old, no man would ever hurt me again. Every one of them is a threat, and I’ll destroy anyone who tries to hurt me. I won’t be a victim again. No man will ever have power over me again.
What happened to me can never be erased. That’s why I can’t let anyone in. I won’t!
I wish I could be attracted to women. It would make things so much easier. But then he walked in, this cocky, sunburnt Australian fool and everything I thought I’d buried came crashing back to the surface.
The first time I saw him? It was like someone knocked the wind out of me. I couldn’t think. I couldn’t breathe. In that moment, every defence I’d built around myself shattered, and I hated him for it.
How am I supposed to keep my distance when every day he’s right there, breaking down my walls with that stupid grin, making me want what I swore I’d never let myself have?
God, I love her! I’ve loved her in secret like a fool for two years.
How the mighty have fallen. Look at the big, scary SASR man trembling with desire over a little woman who doesn’t even spare him a glance.
Sometimes, I swear I can feel it, maybe she loves me too. Maybe I’m delusional. Maybe I’ve finally lost my mind. But damn it, I love her with everything I am.
When I joined Elijah’s team, I didn’t expect much. I just wanted to lay low for a while, to escape the mess I’d made of my life. The world is full of f*****-up people, and I’ve seen the worst of them. My reality was falling apart.
Then I walked into the Security room, and there she was a goddess, staring me down like I was something stuck to the bottom of her shoe. Her eyes, sharp as knives, cut right through me. She barely said two words, but the second she took my hand, I felt it. Her hand trembled, and in that moment, I knew. She felt it, too. She was as affected by me as I was by her.
I want her so much! I need her! I crave her! But there’s something between us, something like an invisible wall of concrete. Every time I think I’m breaking through, she shoves me right back on my ass tenfold.
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