CONNOR'S POV
“I would want you to stay here so I can watch you. I just think that those men, wherever they were, are still going to come for you,” I said and then she shook her head, as if disappointed at what I had said. I was eager to know her thoughts and what she had to say.
“I just want to watch you, that’s all I ask,” I said and then she smiled slyly.
“You just want to watch me sleep so you can protect me?” Maria said, a cold look on her face.
“Yes, that’s... that’s what I mean. I mean, they broke into this same suite when I stepped out for a little walk, but now, I am going nowhere, especially because they still know their way here, and they can possibly trace you back here,” I said with a calm voice and then the smile on her face faded.
“I don’t need you to protect me, Connor
