“My Boyfriend’s Father Would Stare Into My Eyes Every Time He Saw Me. One Evening, He Said, ‘If Anyone Ever Hurts You, Call Me First.’simo The Way He Looked at Me Made Me Uncomfortable… But Then He Added Something That Left Me Frozen.”

“Dad,” Jake laughed, “at least say hello to Emily.”

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Robert seemed to snap out of it.

“Sorry. You just… reminded me of someone.”

I smiled and didn’t think much of it. But it didn’t end there.

During dinner, I caught him looking at me several times. He wasn’t looking at my dress or my hands. He was staring directly

into my eyes.

Whenever I noticed, he quickly looked away. On the drive home, Jake joked,

“I think my dad likes you more than I do.”

I laughed.

At the time, it was only a joke.

The following week, we visited his parents again. Robert remembered exactly how I took my coffee.

When I mentioned that my car had been making a strange noise lately, he immediately offered to look at it. When I refused,

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he said,