Chapter 8
PD. As in police department. Was Payton being serious. She was a police officer. Not just that but a detective. He felt like an even bigger a*s now. All this time he’d tied protecting her and treating her like a damsel and she was a detective with the police department. If Nick were awake, he’d be laughing his a*s off at him.
Payton had tried warning him several times that she wasn’t a weak flower but he hadn’t wanted to listen. His only concern had been to keep her safe and away from danger. He played it off as an egotistical thing but really, he was terrified of something happening to her.
He cared for Payton, a lot. More than he’d ever admit out loud. More than he could admit to himself. When he saw her standing there with a g*n shooting at that car he felt a mix of pride a
