Falling for the Bodyguard by Jean Oram

Author:Jean Oram [Oram, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781928198055
Publisher: Oram Productions

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Evander parked the truck in his mother’s driveway and turned to look at Daphne and Tigger. How was this all going to work out? In the police station it had seemed like the no-brainer answer to a multitiered equation. But now he looked at the quiet old house and thought of all the complications that could arise. Daphne still had a job to go to, his mom still had radiation treatments, his brother was visiting and Tigger was one big ball of energy. There were going to be times where he’d be needed in more than one place. Never mind that sometimes he liked a little space and solitude to think. It was going to be similar to living in a submarine, but he’d been there, done that. He could do this.

“Right.” He opened his truck door, watching them exit the other side, thinking his mother would have his head for not going around and opening the door for them if she happened to peek out the window. He pulled the bags they’d packed back at their house out of the truck’s box and herded the Summers into the house.

He paused in the doorway, watching them take off their shoes.

He’d never had to protect a woman before, let alone a single mother, and his instincts to destroy anything in her way that could cause anything from a frown to an outright cry was alarmingly strong.

Still holding their bags, he wondered if he should teach them how to disarm the security system. Maybe show them where he kept his weapons. How many ground rules should he set? Should he tell them to stay out of his mom’s sitting room, so she’d have more space and quiet in the house? When he’d called Florence, she’d been elated at the prospect of them coming to stay, even teasing him about bringing home strays, something he used to do frequently as a kid.

“Evander?” Daphne lightly touched his arm, giving him a shock. “Are you sure it’s okay we stay here?”

“Of course. Plenty of room. Doors and windows are alarmed at all times. Kitchen is at the back. Your rooms are upstairs.” He glanced at Tigger, then crouched beside her. “Are you okay staying here and helping my mom? She isn’t feeling well and could really use your company.”

“I’m a good helper.”

Daphne stroked the child’s curls and nodded. “Very good helper.”

What on earth were they going to do, cooped up together for days on end? The kid was going to go bonkers from boredom and his mother was going to be worn-out in about five seconds flat.

“She’s sick, though, so she might need quiet times.”

“Okay,” Tigger whispered.

“I told your boss you were staying home for a few days,” he said to Daphne, leading them up the staircase while carrying their bags.

“Okay.”

He turned, having expected a fight.

“What?” she asked.

He said nothing, but pointed to the end bedrooms at the top of the stairs. “These are your rooms. I’m in this one.” He pointed to the room next to Daphne’s.

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