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around her. Her hand moves up by her face, but she doesn’t wake. I look at her again in the moonlight that’s coming in through the blinds. She looks like an angel. My angel.
    I leave her, hoping she can get a good night’s sleep. As I lay down on the couch, covering myself with a blanket that I got from the closet, I look at the clock on the stereo to find it’s two in the morning. I can’t sleep, my thoughts going to her, my beauty. We’re so different, she and I, from two opposite worlds. My life has been filled with drug addicts and police while hers has been with the rich, the famous, and the powerful. She’s been the princess while I’ve been the druggie’s kid, the poor kid. Why in the hell do I think I have a chance with her? Really? What can I give her that she doesn’t already have or had? I can’t give her anything, but my love, my heart and my soul. Will she want that? Will that be enough? I finally start to doze off as these thoughts plague my mind.

Chapter Four
    “Uhhhhh. No.” He has me pinned to the wall, fondling me, kissing me. “Noooooo!” I can’t get away. Where’s Tuck? Why doesn’t he hear me? “NOOOOOOOO!”
    “Paxton! Paxton!” I sit up quickly. Tuck’s arms are on my shoulders and shaking me. He sits down on the bed and untangles me from the bedding. I throw myself at him, with my arms around his neck, and I’m crying loudly into his chest. “Shhhhh. I’m here. I’m here. You’re ok now, beauty. No one is gonna hurt you. I’m here,” he whispers against my head. He’s rubbing my back and holding onto me tight.
Shit! It was a nightmare. It seemed so real.
    Once I finally calm down, my sobbing turns into hiccups. I slowly move back but keep my arms around him. “I… I was there again. He… He had me pinned and… And…” I’m shaking, and the tears begin to flow again.
    “I know, beauty. I’m so sorry. I wish I could take that away from you. You were all tangled up in the sheets so it probably felt like you couldn’t get away.” His hand leaves my back and starts stroking my hair.
    Looking into his eyes, I see the tender, concerned look and the sadness within them. I have been so wrong about him, thinking he was after one thing.
Damn, I’m an idiot.
    “Do you think you can go back to sleep for a bit? It’s only…” He looks at the clock on the night table and then back at me. “Four in the morning. Do you need something to sleep? I have some mild sleep aids in my bag.”
Damn, he’s so sweet.
    I shake my head and smile lightly. “No, thank you. I think I’m ok, now.” He smiles, nods and starts to get up. I grab his arm, stopping him. “Wait! Um. Can you just hold me until I fall asleep? I hate to ask…”
    Wrapping some of my long hair behind my ear, he sits back down and frowns. “I’ll always be here for you, my beauty. I’ll hold you as long as you need me to.” I nod and lay back down. Pulling back the sheet on the other side of the bed, he climbs over me, gets settled and pulls me to him. His strong arm wraps around my shoulder, squeezing. I lay my arm over his stomach, my hand flat against his muscular chest and sigh.
This is heaven. Why was I so afraid to give my heart to him? Oh, yeah. I actually did. He just doesn’t know it. Maybe I should tell him? Not yet. I’m not sure I’m ready for that.
    I look up at him to find he is looking down at me, and I smile. “You look so tired, I’m sorry. Did you not sleep any on the couch? Probably not very comfortable, huh? You should have taken the bed,” I say while yawning.
    He chuckles. “No, it wasn’t the couch. Too much on my mind to sleep. You’re just as tired and YOU had the bed.” He flicks my nose. We both laugh.
    I settled into his warm body more and sigh again. My hand starts rubbing his chest, lightly, of its own accord. “You know, it’s hard for me to trust people, especially men.” I sigh again. “When you come from the pretentious, everyone wants a piece of you.