[Bernard’s POV]
I stare in disbelief as Leo once again ruins my plans for the evening, but if he thought I was going to let him do it just like that, he had another think coming.
“Hey,” I hiss, reaching out and grabbing Rue’s free wrist. “What do you think you’re doing?”
“I think it is clear,” Leo responds, his eyes flashing with warning. “I’m stopping my stepdaughter from making a mistake.”
A mistake.
Was he really going to sit here and call me a mistake to my face?
I clench and unclench my free hand, doing my damndest to not let what the bastard was saying and doing get to me, but f**k it was hard.
“Rue,” I say slowly, turning my attention to the woman in question. “You want to stay with me, don’t you?”
Growing quiet, I wait while she watches me, clear desperation and unease over
