Page 33 of Saved by Him

“How?” His voice rose.

“I’m not a parent. You have to think about your baby.”

He cursed, his eyes flashing. “We don’t know that it’s my baby. And it doesn’t matter. Serge is still out there.”

My skin crawled just hearing the bastard’s name, which turned my anger up another level. “I know that! I know he’s out there, but I’m not going to let him keep me from doing my job.” I took a step toward Jalen, needing him to see. Needing him to understand. “When things get tough, I run. I leave before people can leave me. Not this time. This ismylife, J.”

“Andyou’remy life.” He put his hands on either side of my face. “Don’t you understand that? You’re everything to me, and I can’t lose you.”

All my anger fell away when I saw the truth on his face. He wasn’t trying to be petty, or even pulling some man versus woman thing. He wanted to take care of me because I was important to him. It was one thing to hear him say that he loved me, and it was something else entirely to see it play out.

“All right,” I said, forcing my muscles to relax. “I’m sorry. I’ll be more careful.”

He crushed me to his chest and kissed the top of my head. “Please do. Otherwise, I might be forced to put myself in danger again, and we both know you’ll be pissed if I do that.”

I chuckled, and when he joined me, the knot in my chest vanished with my anger. Things were going to be okay. We were going to be okay.

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