“I practically melted at those words. What a sweetheart! Mason had told me that Josh was a selfish player, but Mason was a liar. I had witnessed it often enough myself, and I should know better than to trust anything he said. “Thanks,” I told Josh sincerely. “I really appreciate that you care.
“A guy forcing himself on a girl is not a real man,” he declared vehemently. “My dad told me how he beat the crap out of a guy who did that. The girl was too ashamed to press charges, but my dad and his buddies took care of him for her.”
My eyes were wide with amazement. “Wow,” I breathed, impressed and imagining his dad going after bad guys vigilante style. Josh had just become more interesting to me, and I was now hanging on his every word.
His fierce expression changed as he looked at
