The phone rings while ur in the shower. It's ur brother. Ugh. What does he want?

U tap the answer button with the tip of ur finger.

"Something is wrong. You're in danger," he blurts out.

He continues, "Your old bodyguard just called me in a panic. He's on his way to you now. Lock the doors. Check the windows.”

He keeps barking out orders and concerns about ur safety.

But all I heard is:

Ur former bodyguard is coming here..

The man who broke ur heart six months ago.

When ur protection detail was over, u gathered up the nerve to ask him out for a date. But he mocked u made u feel like u meant nothing to him. Like u was below him.

He treated u like everyone else always has for ur entire life..

Ur brother's panicked voice shakes u back to the present.

The rumbling sound of a roaring motorcycle engine makes u freeze. He's here.

Quickly you rush out of the shower, quickly getting changed

A second later, he's pounding at the front door and simultaneously ringing the doorbell over and over.

U take a deep breath and trudge toward the door.

Without warning, he yanks the screen door open and barges in. Like he has some right to be here.

"Are you...”

His hands rise up and cup ur cheeks, then fall to ur shoulders before trailing down the outside of ur arms.

U can't help but soak up the feeling of his skin on yours. Finally, he speaks...

"Are you okay? Safe?!”

"Yes," u snap at him and jerk out of his grasp.