CHAPTER 54: Trust and Truth

  Scarlett's POV

  My eyes were dancing between the two of them. They laid their hearts bare in front of me. Their words and actions were nothing short of sincere.

  I've been observing them since the start, even before I discovered their intentions with me.

  I've always been told that women should adjust to their men's needs. That was what I did with Raphael too. I never hesitated to adjust to Raphael's needs, no matter how small or how big.

  But with Ryder and Dylan, I felt much safer with my true self.

  I realized that was because they were adjusting FOR ME.

  That day in the van, while it looked like I was being squeezed between two big men as we traveled to the hot springs, I felt nothing of that sort. True that I was troubled by the proximity, but Dylan's hand was behind me which protected my back from being dug into the railing.