I couldn’t stop shaking even after we got back to the safe house. Luca’s words kept echoing in my head like a nightmare I couldn’t wake up from. “I’ve loved you since we were kids.” The way his mouth crashed against mine made me feel gross inside, like I needed ten showers just to feel clean again. I kept wiping my lips even though Damian had already kissed the memory away a hundred times.
“Baby, stop,” Damian said softly, pulling my hand down from my mouth. We were in the big bedroom, me curled up in his lap on the bed while he stroked my hair. His voice was gentle but I could feel how angry he was underneath. Like a volcano ready to explode. “He’s never touching you again. I swear it.”
I nodded but the tears wouldn’t stop coming. “He said he loved me, Damian. Like… in that way. It’s so
