To Be Yours Again by Taylor

Chapter 747 Guard!

Jenny wanted to answer in the affirmative, but she really wasn't in the mood to embrace her pain right now. "Wh-what are you doing here?"

She'd imagine seeing Gilbert or even Alec on the search for her, not Evan, who she'd not seen in ages.

Evan gently set her down, then crouched again. "We'll get to that later. Cmon, hop on."

Piggybacking her out would be easier than a princess carry.

"It's.Jt's fine. You just need to help me walk.’ Though they'd grown up together, she still maintained some distance considering the actual distance between them over the years.

"Just climb on up, Jen. We can't linger here a minute longer. You don't want to die out here, do you?"

He was right. The mercenaries were most likely still looking for her, so sticking around was a death sentence to both of them. Ultimately, she climbed onto his back so he could carry her out of the woods.

could smell a faint pine scent on the man's clothes, something she'd familiarized

as Evan quietly carried her to safety. She would've fallen off long ago

and his men soon

he offered,

need to get her to

him a pointed look but didn't say

only —to have him hopefully date Jenny, and she'd finally have a reliable partner. That meant creating opportunities for the two of them

Evan was a hundred times the better choice than

men soon exited the forest, not having once met the band of mercenaries. They must've scattered upon seeing how large a group of opponents they'd

and were about to help Jenny

called, worried it might be the mercenaries. His men instantly surrounded Evan

Alec stepped out of one of the