Benny tried to be quiet in the kitchen as he fixed Jessyka a good hearty breakfast. He was still going through all she’d told him last night. He had a lot of work to do in order to help her, but first he wanted to get some food into her. All his life, Benny had felt a need to protect people, but his thoughts about Jess were way beyond anything he’d ever felt before. He’d been a horndog in the past, sleeping with women for a night and then not thinking twice about how they were feeling when he never called them again. But Benny had never found anyone who he actually liked. Who he wanted to get to know outside the bedroom. But with Jess, he found that he wanted to know everything about her. He wanted to know who her friends were, her favorite foods, her everyday routine, just everything. B

