ZOE'S POV
“Will he always be able to protect you?”
Austin’s words kept replaying in my head no matter how many times I tossed and turned.
I couldn’t sleep.
At first, I’d wanted to dismiss it. Chalk it up to jealousy or pride, maybe even fear of losing me. But the more I thought about it… the more it unsettled me.
Because he wasn’t wrong about one thing: I barely knew anything about Owen’s past.
Not because I hadn’t been curious, but because… Owen never shared. Not once. Not even in passing.
No childhood stories. No stories about his parents, siblings or where he grew up. When he spoke about his life, it was always in the now—his company, his work, his properties, his staff.
I’d once assumed it was just him being private, maybe guarded. But now, I was starting to wonder if there w
