11 RUPERT There was no reasoning with a man once his doggedly determined p***s was on the hunt for p***y. I knew better than to engage my c**k before my brain, but in Ivy’s case, I couldn’t help myself. A couple days passed since we’d flown in from San Francisco, and the entire way home, I lectured myself about taking caution with a girl like her. Giving her space. Not rushing things. She was much more than the scars on her skin. A survivor. I’d looked up self-harm, wanting to understand everything about her. Someone, something, had hurt her badly. And she had her own way of dealing with that pain. She needed safety, protection, and stability. Not a man who wanted to throw her over his lap and s***k her until she shrieked forgiveness, kicked her feet to escape, and struggled ato

