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    None of the guys had brought it up with the ladies. Dean hadn’t even talked to Emma about it, though they were as close as two people could be now. The unspoken feeling among Chris and his friends was that it was Jenny’s business, and they’d never bring it up unless she did first. To do anything different would be yet another violation of her, somehow, and they weren’t about to do that to her.
    But it never stopped bothering Chris; not even for one minute. Every single time he saw her, he ached to hold her close, to offer her some comfort. He longed to tell her that she could trust him, that she’d be safe with him. He wanted to show her that a man could be gentle and caring; he wanted to make love to her and watch her just let go of all her fear. Fly apart in his arms. Feel real, deep pleasure with him, and know that he’d be there to hold her after.
    She turned now and saw him standing there. Those beautiful blue eyes widened a bit in surprise and she smiled at him. Chris watched her walk over to him, and his gaze ran up and down her glorious curves.
    I’d give anything for her to let me touch her. Just once.
    “Hey, Chris,” Jenny said. “You doing OK?”
    “Sure am, sweetheart,” he said, keeping his voice low and gentle. “But I need to talk to you for a minute. You got some time now?”
    “Yeah, sure.” She glanced around, made sure that everything was under control. “My office?”
    “Good.” He followed her down a long hallway and stood well back as she unlocked the door. He watched her carefully, saw how she ushered him in first and then stood close to the open door. He was sure she wasn’t even totally aware that she was doing it, but he’d never known her to let him get between her and the door when they were alone. Not once.
    I’m not going to hurt you, baby. I’d never do that…
    “So what’s up?” she asked.
    In an effort to look less threatening and intimidating, he sat down. He wasn’t at all sure how she was going to react to the news that Liv was being targeted and stalked, but he worried that it may trigger something in Jenny. He took a deep breath and lowered his voice even more.
    “It’s Liv, honey.”
    Jenny took a step towards him. “What about her?”
    He leaned back in the chair. “She’s got a stalker.”
    He watched all the color drain right out of her pretty face and she swayed a bit. It killed him to do it, but Chris stayed in his seat, watched her steady herself against the wall with one trembling hand. His arms were taut with the desire to reach for her, but he knew that she’d never stand for it.
    Jenny took a deep breath, trying to stop the room spinning. The thought that someone wanted to hurt Liv – maybe hurt her the way that Jenny had been hurt just over six years ago – made her sick and furious. She looked over at Chris and felt the insane and surprising urge to curl up on his lap, just press her face in to his broad chest and hide from all the ugly, awful things in the world that scared and hurt women for no reason at all.
    “You OK?” he asked quietly.
    She was back in control of herself now and she nodded. “Tell me, Chris. Tell me the whole thing.”
    He hesitated.
    “Chris.” Her voice was stronger now, her cheeks had some color again. “Tell me.”
    And so he did.
    **
    Olivia rubbed her eyes, feeling exhaustion start to creep up on her now. It had taken her a long time to fall asleep the night before, despite knowing that Dallas was just inside the front door on the sofa and that he had alarms on all his windows. She just couldn’t shake the feeling of malicious eyes on her, and she had lain awake in the dark for hours, afraid to close her eyes.
    When she did finally fall asleep, she dreamed that she was in her bathtub again, unable to move. In her dream, the door burst open and a man with a knife stood there, grinning at her. She’d woken up with a start, wondering how Dallas would react if she crawled on to the sofa next to