In the Car - Cole’s POV

Eva was silent the entire drive back.

I could feel her confusion, her uncertainty. She was trying to reconcile the man who’d defended her so fiercely with the man who’d been pushing her away for days.

Hell, I was trying to reconcile it myself.

Watching my father try to tear her apart had unlocked something primal in me. Something possessive and protective that I’d been fighting since the moment she’d walked into my life.

Mine, it had roared. He doesn’t ...