“How can you be protecting me when you’re embarrassed to be seen with me?”
His brows shot up. “I’m not ashamed of you.”
“Then why did you have Jeffery drive me to school and throughout the day, you blew me off as if I didn’t exist?”
“I didn’t want Van coming after you. If he suspected that I had any interest in you, I feared he would’ve come after you. That’s why I kept my distance.”
“You don’t mind being seen with me?” Could my assumption have been wrong?
“Are you kidding? I can’t imagine having anyone else by my side than you.” His voice drifted into a whisper, “Only you.”
Only you.“You said you didn’t like my company, and you’re not a one-woman man!”
“Yes, at first, I didn’t want to like you, but then ” he paused. “Then I found myself caring more for you than myself.”
“You c
