Page 70 of Allegiance

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Page 70 of Allegiance

“Wait, what?”

“When you asked me to marry you, there was a split second where I almost told you yes, and told you we should elope.”

He shook his head.

“Yep. I do have a concussion. I could have sworn you just said you considered hitching your wagon to this mess.”

She laughed.

Oh, she had.

That was likely why the men hated his guts. She’d been honest with them because marriage needed honesty.

“Want to know why I said no at the last minute and left the place?”

He blinked.

“Uh, we’ve discussed this.”

“Do you want the real reason? The one that I never told you?”

Well, now he was curious.

He nodded.

“Because, Dakota, there are two kinds of people in the world. There are the ladies who want the white knight, and there are ladies who have to be the white knight.”

He wasn’t sure where this was going.

“I spent the ten years before you being taken care of by a man. Christopher did his best, and I lived a life that a lot of people don’t. I went to Fiji every year, and I had a fancy car and dinners. So when you and I hooked up, I didn’t want someone to take care of me. I wanted to save someone for a change to see that I could do it.”

He let her talk.

“So, when you asked, I was so broken that I couldn’t fall back into a relationship where someone took care of me. Because, Dakota, you’re a white knight to the core. You want to swoop in and save the woman every single time.”

He didn’t say anything.

Because she was right.

That sounded just like him.

He tried to save her when she told him she was hurt in her last relationship. He tried to save Sarah to protect her.

“Some women need that man. Some need a man who will let her protect him.”

“That’s not me.”

“I know. You’re a white knight. You’re failing miserably with your choices in women because you’re picking women who don’t need it. Pick a woman who does.”

He hoped she didn’t mean Eve.

She was the epitome of strong and the protector.

“She’s a snake. She doesn’t need me. What can I bring to the table?”

She lifted his chin.

“My brother from another mother, she’s in a freefall, and all she wants right now is someone to swoop in and save her. She’s scared and she has no idea how to raise her some babies. You’re exactly what she needs.”




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