Page 87 of Allegiance

Torture.

After about a minute, he suspected that Eve saw him on camera, and wasn’t going to answer. It wasn’t like he could blame her.

Right?

He’d been an asshole, treated her like nothing more than a sexual outlet, and then told her to leave.

If she opened the door and punched him in the face, he deserved that, and so much more.

Well, that seemed about right.

Only, when she opened the door, proving she was a better person than him, his heart…

It hurt.

With her dark hair and those piercing aqua eyes, they were the same ones in his dream.

Only, he saw the pain in them.

Eve Knight was damaged, and that had been his doing. He’d broken her.

Like the world had.

That sadness hurt his heart in ways that he couldn’t even articulate. In his dreams, she looked at him in love.

Now, there was fear.

Now, there was anger.

Now, there was nothing.

He didn’t miss that she closed her sweater, covering her body from him.

It was clear she didn’t want him to know what they’d created.

God.

How he wished he told her to stay, so she could be surrounded by people who would protect her. Instead, he’d been a bastard.

Again.

When she tucked away the small baby bump, he wasn’t shocked.

This wasn’t going to end well.

He.

Could.

Tell.

Finally, she broke the silence.

“Dakota? What are you doing here?” she asked, her heart thumping in her chest. When she saw him on the camera, she’d nearly stroked out.

She’d prayed he’d come to save her, but she knew that wouldn’t happen. Honestly, she needed more. She needed a man who wouldn’t break her, and Dakota…

While she loved him, she knew the truth.