Can't Help Loving You by Nika Rhone

Author:Nika Rhone [Rhone, Nika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, suspense, bodyguard
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2018-02-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Something was going on with Lillian.

For the past three days, the woman hadn’t stopped moving once. When she wasn’t at work—which she seemed to have developed a distinct apathy for—she was either cleaning, clubbing, or confusing the hell out of him with her manic mood swings. Rafe was exhausted just from watching her.

Of course, that might also have been from the incendiary sex they were having too.

While he normally wouldn’t complain about having all the hot, headboard-banging sex he could ever dream of, Rafe realized it was just another symptom of whatever was ailing his little pixie. But whenever he tried to have a serious conversation about her sudden change in demeanor, she’d insist nothing was wrong, then distract him with more sex.

Weak-willed bastard that he was, it worked every time.

Which was why this time he wasn’t leaving anything up to chance. They were going to have their long-overdue conversation, and they were going to do it in a place where her usual distraction techniques wouldn’t be an option. Even if Lillian might be willing to get adventurous and try for sex in a public place, having that place be his parents’ restaurant would ensure there was no chance Rafe would be able to rise to the occasion. No matter how persuasive her nimble little fingers might get.

And, to really hedge his bets, he’d called in the big guns to back him up. Lillian might kill him for it, but he was out of ideas of what else to do. Because there was something wrong, and he was getting to the bottom of it.

Sending up a prayer the evening didn’t end in bloodshed—namely his—Rafe ushered Lillian through the front door of Bayamo. The familiar sounds and smells enveloped him, bringing as they always did the smallest tinge of nostalgia and regret. This was where his entire family came together to work, and laugh, and fight, and laugh some more. Part of him wished he could be a part of that. But he’d chosen a different path. It might get a little lonely sometimes, but it was where he could keep them all safe, and that was more important to him than anything else.

Rafe wasn’t surprised to see his sister, Brianna, standing in her usual spot behind the hostess stand. He was surprised to see his mother standing next to her. It was Friday night, and from the look of things the place was booked solid, as always. For Lucia to have abandoned her kitchen in the middle of the dinner service meant she was more than a little curious about Rafe’s sudden request to use the family table. From the way she was eyeing Lillian, whom Rafe had tucked protectively under his arm as they maneuvered through the crowd of waiting diners, she was already picking out dates for the wedding.

Fuck me running.

Managing a smile, he leaned down and kissed his mother on the cheek. “Mami.” He repeated the gesture with his sister. “Bria.” Placing his hand on Lillian’s

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