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Hannah was quiet for most of the drive back to my ranch, but I grabbed her hand, held it on my thigh. I would damn well rather drive one handed then let her go.
I stayed quiet, giving her some space to wrap her head around what had just happened. Truth be told, I needed some time myself. It wasn’t every day I watched the love of my life face danger and I was still shaken.
Brad. He was a big guy. Thick with muscle and full of anger. Full of anger toward Hannah.
If we hadn’t gotten there when we had…
If anything had happened to her…
But it was pointless to go down that road. All those ifs. The biggest one was if he hadn’t f****d with her, she wouldn’t have come to Bridgewater.
The only consolation was that while he’d hurt her in the past, he wouldn’t ever again and we’d be ar
