Page 52 of Her Daddies' Everything

“Ahh. Well, it’s probably too late for story time.”

He simply stared down at her.

Right.

“You’re not gonna just let this go, are you?”

Another eyebrow raise. Gosh, he could say a lot with those things. It was like they were actually having a proper conversation.

So, she needed to tell him something, but it wouldn’t be everything. Because the truth was that she didn’t really know what exactly happened.

“I saw something out in the dark. A light. And I thought . . .”

Understanding filled Tobias’s face. “You thought it was the stalker.”

“Yes.”

“Sorry,” he said with a grimace.

“It’s not . . . it’s not your fault. You’re just out there doing your job. I assume. Is that why you were out there?”

“Yep,” he replied. “Light was a flashlight. Left it outside.”

“Do you really think her stalker will return? I mean, Maeve isn’t here and security has been tightened. He’d have to be crazy to come back, right?”

“Have to be.”

“Only, he could very well be crazy. You have to be to chase a woman halfway across the country, right? And then to try and drown her . . . yeah, he’s got to have a few screws loose.”

Tobias simply nodded in agreement.

“You don’t say much, do you?” Immy asked Tobias.

He just grunted. But she saw him smirk. She knocked her shoulder against his bicep. And immediately felt terrible. She didn’t even know this man.

“I’m sorry!” she cried, taking a couple of steps back. “I didn’t mean to do that. I just . . . I, um . . .”

“Immy.” Her name was said firmly, without any inflection. And it wasn’t a question, more of a way to bring her back down from wherever she’d been spiralling to.

Instantly, she felt the worry and panic leave her. That never happened except with her friends. They were the only ones who had ever been able to settle her.

Immy gaped at him. “How did you do that?”

“Do what?”

“Bring me back down. How did you know I was starting to spiral?”

“Pretty obvious. And you don’t need to do that around me.”

“Do what around you?” she asked.

“Worry.”

Immy let out a huff of air. “But I always worry.” That was the part of the reason everyone tried to shelter her so much.

Yeah, she could be naïve. And she liked to see the best in people. But she wasn’t a complete pushover.

However, she did worry about her friends.

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