Page 91 of My Damaged Protector

Speaking of arguments, why is he here?

I honestly thought he'd left Glazer Ville this morning. Does this mean he's changed his mind?

“I thought you left,” I say, taking a step back now that I'm realizing there's not much space between us.

“I did.”

“Then what are you doing here? Does this mean you've changed your mind?”

“Not exactly. I'm here because I ran into your brother. Well, more like he almost ran me over with his car and then followed me into a bar afterward demanding that I take him to you.”

And he came here right after? Is he mad? Peter could have followed him! I don't want anyone to know where I am.

“Calm down, I made sure I wasn't followed,” he says and lets out a frustrated huff. “Look, I don't know what you're hiding from me, but if it's important, you better figure out a way to get this guy off your back. He's not the kind of guy you mess with.”

What is he talking about?

This is Peter, not a criminal.

Worst he’ll do is try to convince me to save our father, but I know he'll back down the moment he knows what's at stake. I may not be sure Lauren likes me, but I know Peter does.

If all this wasn't hanging over us, I have a feeling we would have had a good relationship.

“I'm not worried about Peter. Not like that, anyway,” I say and start to walk away. My aunt went back to the kitchen the moment she realized it was him.

“Then I'm afraid you have no idea who the people you've gotten in bed with are.”

What the hell is he talking about?

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IAN

Six restraining ordersin ten years, all from women who were harassed to the point of having no choice but to involve the police because they were scared for their lives. That's the person who Sarah's brother is.

When he accosted me at the bar earlier tonight, I paid him no mind until he started speaking.

There's a level of confidence a person like him has, and you’re forced to give them your attention. The way he was speaking, I could tell he would stop at nothing to get what he wanted.

Of course, he tried to play the good cop but lasted for all of ten minutes before he got frustrated at my unwillingness to help. So he left.

It wasn't him leaving that spooked me though. It was what he said as he was leaving.

“Soon, both of you will come to realize that I'm a man who often gets what he wants.”

After he left, I finally went to search his Facebook page, and what I found did not only leave me uneasy, but it had also me calling one of my friends who’s a private investigator to help me look into him.

He got back to me in an hour, and he had nothing good to say about Peter.

One of the women claimed he once hit her, but he was never charged with anything, which could only mean two things. He either had a shady lawyer defend him or he knows someone in a place of power.

Regardless, he is someone Sarah should be very careful of, which is why I came here to begin with. But she's not believing me.

“What are you talking about Ian? Peter is my stepbrother, not some dangerous guy,” she says irritatingly as she takes a seat.

I remain, my anger rising at her easy dismissal of the fact that her brother may be up to no good.

“What if he is?”

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