Chapter 71

Jackson's POV

All through the night, I held her close as she slept in my arms, her body weak and relaxed after hours of making love. We had gone round after round until she was breathless, melting into me like she belonged there.

Honestly, I still don’t know how we made it home in one piece. The passion between us had been wild, unstoppable. We could barely keep our hands off each other.

But while she drifted into a peaceful sleep, I lay wide awake.

I knew exactly why sleep wouldn’t come. There were too many things on my mind. First, I was scared that if I closed my eyes, even for just a second, she’d vanish again. Just disappear. Like she had before.

Second, I kept thinking about how to fix her life. How to fight her battles. How to get her son back for her. I wanted to be her protector. Her hero. Her knight in shining armor and more, if she'd let me.

And third, I couldn’t stop thinking about Monica. What her plans were. Why she