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“She spent thirty minutes just… hurting you. Why?” I ask.

“Earlier that day, she saw me hug you when we had lunch with Arden,” he says. “She followed me everywhere.”

“But not the house?”

“I don’t think so,” he says. “I never saw any signs that she had been there.”

“Good,” I say. “Meeting over?”

“Eh. Basically. They were worried about you,” he says. “Come back in with me.”

I nod and we walk back into the room. “Sorry, everyone,” I say.

“Don’t worry about it,” Keith, the owner of Log Logistics, says. “Is this about the video?”

“Uh,” I say, looking at Wilder. He nods, so I continue. “Yeah. Wilder had told me what happened, but I hadn’t seen the footage from the security camera. His sister and my best friend decided it would be good for me to see it if I was going to fight for him. I knew it would be bad, but… I didn’t expect that.”

“I really wish people took sexual assault on men seriously. It is so much more common than people think,” Keith says. “Wilder, I am so sorry you experienced that. You have my complete support.”

“Where is she?” a woman asks.

“No idea,” I say. “I sent her a text basically saying I wasn’t going to take her shit.”

“The front office manager texted me and said she turned in her room key,” Wilder says.

“She is probably going home,” I say. “So, how are we handling the meetings for the rest of the week?”

“We can reschedule and come visit you all when things settle down,” Keith says. “We are continuing our contract, so we can go ahead and sign off on that, and work on plans at a later date.”

“Are you sure?” Wilder asks.

“Absolutely. I am excited to see how we can both grow going forward,” Keith says. “If you have accomplished this much while going through what you have, it will be incredible to see what you do with a strong and supportive woman by your side.”

“Aww,” I say, and Keith chuckles.

“Go and spend the evening with Macie. I will have my assistant email you the new signed contract in the morning.”

“Okay,” Wilder says before turning to me. “Maybe we can just fly out early tomorrow and take the week to get everything settled?”

“That would be good,” I say. “Would also get you out of the office for a change.”

“Thank you all for being so supportive,” Wilder says. “I don’t know how to feel knowing so many people have seen that now, but I think it’s important to show.”

“Absolutely. Size, age, gender… None of it means you are immune from becoming a victim. Some are just more at risk than others,” Keith says.

Chapter Five

Macie

We have been lyingin bed naked all day, watching. It is absolutely amazing to see Wilder so relaxed. His mood is stable, and he seems to be genuinely happy. I know he will have good and bad moments, but I will be here for him all the same. We took a moment before we ate dinner to call our parents and tell them that we got married on paper, but promised to have an actual wedding when things calmed down. Wilder also took the time to fully explain things to his parents. He was afraid they would judge him, but they were so supportive. I had never seen his father cry, but sitting on that video call, I could hear the pain in his voice when he said he would do anything to take Wilder’s pain away, but thanked me for being so supportive.

I scoot down in the bed to lie before rolling to my belly to reach off the bed and into my bag to grab my charger. After a second,Wilder pulls the blanket off me and pulls my legs out so that I am laid across the bed. “What are you doing?” I ask, laughing.

“Taking what’s mine,” he says simply, pulling me up to my knees with my chest on the bed. “Go on. Get it out of the bag. I know you saw it.”

“You’re going to split me in half,” I whine and pull his bag closer. I rummage around until I find the bottle of lube and the rose toy. Wilder pulls me back so I can get comfortable. He takes the items and starts rubbing my clit. “Mmmm. That feels nice.”

“I’m going to place this toy and position you. Do not move. Understand?”

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