The Forbidden Girl novel Chapter 2

Blake Camden rushed forward and caught the short beautiful woman before she hit the ground. He pulled her against him steadying her. "You okay?" He asked as he felt her body tremble in his arms. He held her close with one hand and his other ran down her hair gently. He looked down at the top of her head since she had her head buried against his chest and him being six foot two. He smirked a little when he saw she had blue and purple highlights through her soft brown hair.

Sam clutched her rescuers shirt in her hands as the spots before her eyes began to fade. She took in a deep breath, he smelled so good, it had to be axe kilo, and he felt so strong. He reminded her of her older brother, he stood out like a fish out of water. He was taller than her brother but still with his cowboy boots, Stetson and Wrangler jeans, only he had a southern accent and tanness to go along with it. Even with the glare he shot at her attacker he had still been so attractive and felt safe. She move her head against his chest wishing the tears would stop falling. "I think so." She choked out.

Blake felt terrible as he let out a sigh and kept rubbing the woman gently, he knew he couldn't be someone she could lean on. He had proven that enough in his lifetime. He pushed her back a little and stared down into her tear filled gray eyes. He gently wiped the tears away and sighed again. "You should call the cops, he needs taken care of do you know him?" He watched her shake her head once. He turned her towards the truck she was going to open before the man grabbed her. He leaned down and scooped up her keys and brief case. "I hope you do call the cops, are you sure you're okay?" He waked her up to the door and opened it for her.

"I'll be fine, thank you for helping." She rasped out, her throat hurt so bad from the pressure he had had on her throat. She slowly got up in the truck after taking her things from the man he shut the door for her and she immediately started the truck and locked the doors. She left the garage but once she started driving she just kept on going, and going, driving past her apartment and everything else.

Blake let out a sigh as he headed back to Aaron's truck, at least she was safe for now, but he should have stayed with her longer. He cursed himself, he was being a fool this wasn't the life style for him ever since Lyla and how own parents, he knew no one would ever trust him again and he wouldn't let himself be depended on. He closed his eyes tightly after getting in the truck. A huge part of him was glad he didn't just walk away though, no woman deserved to be attacked the way she had been. He shook his head and started the truck, he had to get back before Aaron totally lost it and he'd be out of a job.

The whole drive he tried to shut the woman out of his mind. She would be fine now, he was sure he scared the man pretty good and if the guy thought she had someone like him on her side maybe he would just vanish and leave the poor thing alone.

He cranked the music up as he continued the drive to try to shut his brain down and keep her from entering it the rest of the way home. They would never see each other again, it was a one-time thing so no need to keep his mind trained on her. It was all for the best.

Sam started to have a coughing fit as she tried to take a deep breath. It hurt and her throat was sore too. She had to figure out what to do about the man but she didn't really know where to start. Next time some random stranger wouldn't be so willing to help.

Aaron looked up when he heard the engine getting closer up the driveway. He let out a sigh of relief when he saw it was his truck and Blake behind the wheel. He headed over to the barn they would unload everything at. "Hey Blake, what took you so long?"

Blake took his hat off and sat it on the hood of the truck. "Well Boss, it's kind of a long story."

"We've got the time so let's hear it." Aaron smiled at the way Blake turned beat red, this had to be good.

Blake let out a sigh as he ran his hand over his short dark brown hair. "Alright, well I was just, there was some difficulty getting everything on the list, when I finally got everything and was getting ready to head back I saw this girl-"

"A girl?" Aaron exclaimed his eyes grew wide in shock just staring at Blake like he had grown a second head. Blake had been there for two years and had never once mentioned a girl, plenty had fallen for him but he took none of them that Aaron was aware of.

"Samantha, are you okay, you sound awful."

"Yeah I'm fine now, I was attacked when I left late tonight, I just need to gather my bearings."

"Okay, no problem as long as you're okay, just keep me updated, you have eight weeks of vacation if you want to use them or work from home, just let me know I'm more than happy to accommodate either decision."

"Thank you Sara, I'll let you know." Sam hung up her phone and took a deep breath. She got out and filled the truck up then ran inside to get a drink then headed to her brother's place. She couldn't wait to see him.

Blake walked out of the barn confused when he heard the sound of the engine coming up the drive. Aaron didn't tell him about someone coming over today. He froze when he saw it, there was no way in hell. That truck looked very familiar, he slid his sunglasses down from the top of his head to cover what he could of his face. He walked over to the corral fence and leaned against it waiting for who would be getting out of that truck.

Sam parked the truck and shut it off taking a deep breath reassuring herself again that this was the right thing to do. She looked around a little as she headed towards the house when a figure caught her eye over by the corral. She made a step towards them thinking it was her brother but realized it wasn't when he didn't greet her.