Page 106 of Before I Loved You

She nods again.

“Which is why you asked Glen to hack into his devices?”

“Yes. I’m so—”

My arms wrap around her tightly, moving her body so she’s straddling my legs while my hand cups the back of her head. She buries her face into the crook of my neck, trembling, and I feel like I might do something that I’ll regret.

Something like killing Greyson Black with my bare hands this very instant.

“I need to hold you, Sarah, or I’m going to get up and go kill that motherfucker.”

She holds me tighter, gripping the back of my shirt.

“Please don’t leave me,” she whispers.

“I’m never leaving you.” My lips press against her temple over and over again. “I’m so fucking sorry.”

“You didn’t know.”

“I don’t care. The moment I knew you were pregnant, I should never have walked out. I should never have left you and will never do that again.”

A beat of silence passes before she asks, “What are we going to do?”

We.

It’s about damn time she realizes she doesn’t have to do this alone anymore.

“Well, now that I know the full story, I think I know who we can contact for help.” I let out a frustrated sigh. One I had been holding in for far too long. “I can hack into computers, but just simple things. Nothing fancy. I was a bit of a loner when I was a kid and preferred to spend my time with my computer instead of people.”

She looks up at me, her brows furrowing.

“I didn’t mention it to you because you freaked out when you saw my computer setup in my room,” I offer.

She looks down. “I should have told you everything sooner.”

“You didn’t know, baby girl.” I push back a few pieces of hair behind her ear. “The problem is, I don’t think I’m going to be able to break into Greyson’s computer without help. I tried to get into his phone before I came here the other day, but even that was impossible to break into, and usually, it’s a simple process.”

Her worried eyes widen.

“It’s okay, though. My brother, Ray, can help us. He’ll take care of this for us.”

“How do you know he’ll be able to?”

I scrape a hand against my stubble. “I can’t really talk about his job, but all I can say is he works for the government, and hacking into someone’s devices to delete a video is probably one of the easiest things he’ll ever do.”

I also don’t actually know my brother’s job title or the specific details of what the hell he does for the government, but from the size of his house, I’d say it’s pretty lucrative.

She freezes in my hands. “But…does that mean…he’ll have to watch it?” A red tint spreads from her cheeks to her neck.

“He won’t watch it. He’ll know what it is as soon as he finds the video and will take care of it.” She anxiously chews her bottom lip. “I trust him with my life. And if there were even a doubt in my mind he would watch it, I wouldn’t ask him to help us.”

“Okay,” she says softly.

“Besides, no one gets to see this body but me.” My hands slide over her waist. Feeling her in my grip, beneath my touch, is helping to simmer the rage within me, knowing that Greyson has a fucking sex tape of her that she didn’t consent to… Deep breath. Deep fucking breath. “I will never let that video get released. Do you understand?”

She doesn’t hesitate when she says, “I do.”

I do. It has a nice ring to it.

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