Chapter 21

Narrative P.O.V.

"You can't stay down here forever."

Jai was standing in the doorway to the small office where Cain had been for the past few days. Cain brought his work with him in the mornings to the small office before Ella would wake up and he would only return late in the night when he knew she had left.

Sometimes he would return to his office and her scent still lingered in the air, torturing him. When Cain said nothing in response to Jai's comment, Jai

ventured further into the small office and sat down in front of Cain.

"I don't understand why you can't just be a man and deal with it." he said.

Cain looked up from his paper to glare at Jai.

"So you're equating my desire to protect and care for the well being of the love of my life with being a coward?" Cain asked him.

When Jai said nothing, Cain's glance returned to the folder in his hands.

"I don't need to put her in harm's way just to prove my masculinity," Cain said.

Jai crossed his arms against his chest. "Explain to me ex