Chapter 51. Waiting

CHARLOTTE

“Charlotte, the second they hurt you, it became mine. Everything that happens to you matters to me. I won’t sit back and do nothing. I’m not the kind of man who lets the woman I care about suffer. I’ll make sure no one ever dares to hurt you again. So don’t tell me to stay out of it. This is my fight now.”

Even till the next day, I couldn’t stop thinking about his words—or how he’d said them with so much anger and determination.

The whole experience with Leo felt like one of those fever dreams you pray not to wake from because it was so perfect, like stepping into a sweet fantasy.

A man romantically attracted to me, taking responsibility, fiercely protective.

Someone who cared about my feelings, never mocked my looks, cooked for me, and didn’t expect me to starve for 24 hours before my next meal.

How on earth did that become my reality?

A stray tear slipped down my cheek as I leaned my forehead against the cool plane window, watchi