Page 41 of Virgin for Next Door Wolf Daddy

He stood up straight, making his six-four frame look even bigger. Sebastian flexed his muscles, making his biceps and pecs pop out. Darius fell back into his chair.

“I haven’t been to Angel’s Creek. I wanted to, but she told me not to come.”

“Where were you on these dates?” Sebastian asked, putting a piece of paper in front of him.

“This morning, I was at home. I’d been at the bar until one-thirty. It wasn’t me who slashed her tires. I was at work on this date,” he said, pointing to the daytime intrusion.

“Fair enough,” Sebastian said. “I strongly suggest that you never contact Talia again. If you do, I promise that I will destroy you.”

“I understand, and I won’t. I’ll erase her number from my phone right now,” he said, fumbling with the device.

Without another word, Sebastian left Darius’ office. He nodded to the receptionist who stared at him with her mouth open and left feeling satisfied.

He texted Julian. Talked to Darius. He’s not the stalker. Darius has assured me he will not contact her again. He is in one piece completely unharmed.

The reply was swift. Good boy.

Sebastian chuckled and started his truck. He was satisfied that he had managed to convince Darius to leave Talia alone. However, he still had a problem.

“Who in the hell is stalking her and why?” he muttered to himself. “According to her, she doesn’t have any other exes who might be interested, and I’m certain she wasn’t lying to me.”

It occurred to him that it could be Sallie. He could see her slashing Talia’s tires. However, she didn’t wear a size eleven boots. It was possible for her to wear them anyway to give the impression that a man was harassing Talia.

The more he thought about it, the more that he was relatively certain that it wasn’t Sallie. She would be the kind of person to slash tires, but not the rest of it. Sallie would be more likely to confront Talia to her face and give her some kind of warning to back off.

That afternoon, he headed over to Talia’s when she got home from school.

“I have good news and bad news. Which do you want first?”

“The good news,” she said.

“Darius will no longer be a problem. He has promised that he will never contact you again and I believe him.”

“You didn’t hurt him, did you?” she asked.

“Why do people think that I hurt people?” Sebastian asked in a hurt tone of voice.

“Because you are very protective and you would do what you thought you had to in order to take care of people who matter to you.”

“True, but I didn’t harm a single hair on his head. I might have scared him a little, but he’ll recover. I’m pretty sure he lost your number.”

Talia shook her head. “What’s the bad news?”

“Darius is not your stalker, meaning you still have a problem. Can you think of anyone else who might want to scare you or even hurt you?”

She thought for a minute. “There is one possibility. Joe Ellis is the father of one of my students. The kid is great, but Joe has been hitting on me since open house. He’s brought me flowers and chocolate. Joe asked me out on dates a couple of times, but I told him I was seeing someone. He gave me an ominous warning today, saying that single women often get hurt, and the prisons are filled with men who have hurt women. He suggested that I need a man to take care of me.”

“He’s trying to scare you into dating him?” Sebastian asked incredulously.

“I guess so. He’s a prison guard.”

“Let me see what I can find out about him. Even though it’s still light out, please lock your door and set your alarm.”

“Will do.”

He hugged her and then waited for her to go inside and engage the locks before he went to his office. His first call was to the warden.

“Jeffrey, this is Sebastian Garner. How are you?”

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