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It was my worst nightmare come to life,” he said, his voice muffled. “Everything I was most afraid of.” He held her close for a moment, then eased away. “I knew I couldn’t get to you before he did. I had to watch him run at you and I couldn’t do anything to stop him.

You put every one of us at Safe Harbor in danger when you gave your lover our location. You damaged our mission, as well. Every time a woman fabricates abuse, she hurts the credibility of women everywhere. You made it harder for all the women who are being beaten. And you made it easier for the people who don’t want to believe it.”

Look, Zoe, I get it. You can take care of yourself. You’re a smart, capable woman. But confronting an angry man by yourself is a damn stupid thing to do.” She flinched as if he’d hit her. “Don’t call me stupid, Gideon.

That’s why I married Derrick. I was desperate to get out of the house. To get my life back. Pretty ironic, huh? Derrick turned out to be just like my dad. Possessive. Demanding. Abusive.” His hand tensed on her shoulder. “Your dad hit you?” “No. He never touched us. It was all mind games and manipulating us emotionally.

Oh, we’re done, Gideon. We are so done.” “Because I was concerned about you?” he said, his voice incredulous. “Because I didn’t want you to get hurt?” “Because you thought you had the right to order me around. You’re just like Derrick. He thought he could tell me what to do, too.”
“Is that why you shot him, Zoe?” He stepped closer. Into her space. “Because he tried to keep you safe?

I was right. There is something going on between you two. Be careful, Zo.”
“I’m always careful. Careful’s my middle name.”
“I think your middle name is totally whacked.”
"What do you think is going to happen?”
“God only knows. But you see a man working with his hands, it does something to you.”
“It makes me grateful that he knows how to put up a bookcase,” Zoe retorted. “That’s all.

He had no idea why he’d kissed her. To put her in her place? To show her she didn’t affect him at all? But she’d managed to turn the tables on him. She’d kissed him back, then walked out the door, leaving him hot and aroused and angry. He hadn’t been able to think of anything else since.

You think I’d get involved with a Tate again?”
“We know how it works. It starts with flirting,” Bree said darkly. “He’s gorgeous and sexy and you’re feeling that zing, but you don’t want to get involved. You think you’re safe. The next thing you know, you’ve got your tongue down his throat and his hands are on your butt.

For such a small town it sure is full of abused women and abusive men.

“How can you stand to live here, Zoe?” Fiona demanded. “They kept you in jail for nine months and tried to send you to prison for killing a man who was beating you to death.”