Gavin I didn’t leave Emma’s side all weekend. Together, we read, watched a couple of movies, and worked on our laptops. But mostly, we lay in bed for hours, talking and f*****g and doing whatever we damn well pleased. A few times, I even forgot about that f*****g mess someone had left on her porch, but by the time Monday morning arrived, it was impossible for me to wipe what had happened from my mind. It killed me that someone had gotten that close to her and I hadn’t been there to stop it. Someone who wanted to do her harm. And now I had to send her back out into the world. Rage shot through me, and I spent the next ten minutes talking myself down. I made a pot of coffee and another of tea before Emma joined me downstairs. Her eyes were bleary, but she was dressed in her sexy work clo

