CHAPTER 90 Broken Man

  ~ JESSE ~

  Cazz was right. My heart did pinch. For him. My heart went out to him. I wanted to gather him in and hug him and pat his chest and soothe him, and promise him that it wasn't his fault. But the way he bristled, it was very obvious that he had exactly zero interest in my pity.

  "I am royal. I do not have the luxury of any relationship for the sheer joy of it," he seethed.

  Dear Lord, this poor man.

  So much of how he dealt with me-and with others-was becoming clear.

  I took a deep breath, instinctively wanting to get close to him and protect him from the blow he had to be feeling. But as I swayed towards him his gaze went suspicious and I realized he still didn't understand what I meant.

  But how did you explain this to someone who had only ever been viewed as an asset, or a status, or a tool?

  God help me, I needed to say something, because he was getting twitchy.