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"Rowan," Jane cuts me off and I look at her. "I liked that night. You erased his touch when you touched me. Don’t be sorry. I’m the one who asked for it and you even asked if I was okay and I said yes."
"I don’t want to push you."
"You aren’t. Trust me," Jane says while giving me a small assuring smile.
But all I can think about is finding the fucker who did that to Jane and make him pay. I want to cut his fucking eyes out and break his hands off his body for touching Jane.
"Who?"
Jane shakes her head. "I don't know." I hear her sniffle and that is what makes me take her chin with my pointer finger and my thumb. I turn her head to make her look at me. Tears roll down her cheeks and she doesn't make eye contact with me. "I don't know, Rowan. All I know is that if I ever find out I can't say anything or else he will find out and kill me."
More tears roll down her face and she starts to let out heavy breaths. "He won't kill you. I won't let him. I won't let anything happen to you."
"But-"
"No," I forcefully say. "Nothing will happen to you. I got you."
When she doesn't say anything, I wrap my arms around her. "I want to be able to talk without being afraid. I want to talk to people the way I talk to you."
"Never going to happen, fawn. There is no one in the world that you will talk to the same way you talk to me," I say which makes Jane chuckle.
My fingers play with the end of her hair and I almost feel a smile slip onto my lips.
I swear before Jane Reyes I never felt this way. I never felt like I could be destroyed.
But Jane Reyes?
I should have known she would have ruined me since the moment I laid my eyes on her. Women like her are made to destroy men like me.
"Can we get some ice cream?" Jane asks and that's when a smile finally makes its way onto my lips.
"Anything for you, fawn."
Twenty One
Jane
Rowan paysfor the ice cream, as always. Even when I tell him not to, he still does and then he just tells me to go wait at the tables where we always sit.
This time I order mint chocolate chip and Rowan orders the same thing as me.
As I'm waiting, I look outside and see a big black SUV pull up into the parking lot. In the parking lot there is only my car, the black SUV, and a whole bunch of other cars but only my car and the SUV are parked in front of the ice cream shop.
This ice cream shop isn't that known so not a lot of people come here. Every time Rowan and I come here it's only ever us two plus whatever employee is working, which is the same one every time.
The same one who flirts with Rowan at every chance she gets and sometimes it really bugs me, and I feel like punching her but obviously I don't do anything.
Rowan places the ice cream cup in front of me, making me look away from the window and look up at him instead. He sits down in front of me and places his ice cream in front of himself.
"So now that you can talk," Rowan starts and I narrow my eyes at him. I try to hide the small smile wanting to slip on my lips. "I want to know some stuff."
"Like what?" I ask before taking a spoonful of ice cream and putting it in my mouth.
"Why do you teach?"
"What do you mean why?" I furrow my eyebrows at him.
"Why did you decide to teach out of all careers? I mean your family is rich and can get you a better job than teaching."
