“Look at me.” She complied, a mixture of defiance and vulnerability bleeding from her, making my heart seize up. “I will not so much as look at another woman while you’re sleeping in my bed.” I was unlikely to ever look at another woman again, even after she was long gone, but I kept that information to myself. “You don’t have to.” “Yes I do. Even if we hadn’t gotten physical, keeping you safe is my top priority. And I’m not some horn dog, for God’s sake. I can keep it in my pants. Even though you called me… what was it? ‘Sluttier than a pair of gray sweatpants’?” Two red patches bloomed on
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