way in.”
She shook her head, even if she could, she wouldn’t.
“And you’re sure you won’t come stay with me? I have a pretty big place. You can have the bedroom all to yourself, I won’t bother you, I promise.”
“I just couldn’t. If he scares me out of my house than he’s won.”
“Sera, there’s a fine line between standing your ground and being foolhardy. What if I just stayed here with you to keep an eye on things?”
She thought it over. She wanted to say no right away, but the idea had some merit. She certainly wouldn’t mind having some more of his company and she would feel much safer with him there than without him.
But he was a stranger! She didn’t know anything about him. He could be even worse than Greg for all she knew… well, probably not.
She nibbled on her bottom lip, lost in her internal debate. Her eyes stared straight through Psy as she tried to come up with an excuse not to let him stay. No matter what angle she tried to take, she couldn’t seem to find a valid reason to deny him.
“Well… I guess that would be okay,” she answered finally.
“Oh, good. Will you be okay here while I go home and round up a few things?”
She didn’t know what he meant by that. Maybe he needed his toothbrush or something. Regardless, she figured she would be secure enough for the short time he would be gone, now that her door was repaired.
“Yeah, I’ll be fine.”
“Okay, I’ll be back before you know it.” He leaned in and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead before leaving her home.
Chapter 6
She was more than a little surprised by the intimacy of the action. She knew that she felt a connection to him, but it seemed strange that they’d spent so little time together and already felt so close. Things weren’t really supposed to happen that way, were they? She’d heard of love at first sight and that kind of thing before, but she never really believed it.
All of her past relationships were born out of friendship first until she realized that the guy was a total douche. Somehow, that was all she ever seemed to attract, but was Psy different? Her past experiences would say that he couldn’t be. Every time she thought a man was different, he turned out to be just as bad – or worse – than all of the others. As much as she wanted to think that Psy was the exception to the rule, she knew how naive it was to think that way.
If she had any hope of self-preservation, she would just accept his protection for the night and figure things out with Greg the next day. If he showed up and Psy was there, maybe he would be scared off for good. At the very least, she would have a better chance of getting a hold of the police with Psy there. Though, the police hadn’t been exceptionally helpful up to that point. If they’d done their job, Greg would still be in jail and she wouldn’t have to be dealing with any of this.
It seemed like no time had passed at all when Psy returned with a small duffel bag in tow.
They spent most of the day in silence. Sera zoned out watching TV while Psy paced back and forth, looking through the blinds every now and then. He was on high alert; in other circumstances, it might make her uneasy, but in this case it made her feel like she could finally relax while he was on guard. It was a nice reprieve from always being on edge.
The sun was beginning to set when Psy tensed at his post by the window.
“Stay there,” he instructed, pointing at her,”someone just parked in front of your house.”
Sera’s heart jumped into her throat at his announcement. Was Greg coming back for her already? She didn’t know if she was prepared to handle that confrontation. She still thought she had so much time.
Psy stood by the door, staying out of sight from the window; he couldn’t see out, but no one would be able to see him either. He readied himself for a fight and hoped that it would be over quickly so he could put this whole thing behind him and move