No one had inspired that kind of protectiveness in him since his grandparents had passed. Okay, that wasn’t exactly true. He felt that way about his friends and their partners. He was even willing to beat Brian—attempt to beat Brian—to a pulp because of what went down between him and Cassie in their early courtship. But the fact was, there had been no other woman in his life that he wanted to protect like he wanted to protect Emma and, curiously, her sister. Spending time with them at ...