Trey held her gaze. “I’m getting the idea you thought this might be some kind of deal breaker for me,” he said cautiously.
Emma’s throat tightened when she nodded.
“Did I do something that led you to think I’d just blame you for getting knocked around by your ex?” Trey asked incredulously.
“No. I just…just got worried about it. I hate that I was married to someone like that and didn’t have enough sense to get out faster. And it will always be a part of my past. It’s embarrassing. Plus, you have Stuart and it’s important that anyone you bring into his life is good for him.”
Trey leaned back a little and tilted his head. “Okay, I get the embarrassment, I get that you can’t make it go away. But you actually got out of the situation. If there’s one thing I learned when I was a prosecutor,
