Quinn's Battle: Brotherhood Protectors World (Team KOA Bravo Book 4) by Regan Black & Brotherhood Protectors World

Author:Regan Black & Brotherhood Protectors World [Black, Regan & World, Brotherhood Protectors]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Page Press, LLC
Published: 2024-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

The next two days were a blur of frustration for Dahlia. Somehow everyone was making decisions about her life, citing safety concerns and precautions. Hard to argue when everyone cared so much. She’d been right to be wary about being Quinn’s focal point. The man embodied intensity. What had been exciting and tempting before the break-in had only increased with his determination to protect her.

Though she enjoyed Quinn’s company and felt more secure with him around, she missed her independence. This wasn’t exactly how she would’ve chosen to date anyone, much less the man she found irresistibly attractive. The constant togetherness was a crash course for relationships in general. Although he’d never promised her any time beyond his remaining leave, she was already chafing at the timeline. While he was here, she wanted to have fun and enjoy a hot fling, not become a job to him.

But that’s where they were.

Oh, they were having some fun between her work schedule and various obligations. He parked himself at the end of the bar, watching her with heat smoldering in his deep brown eyes when he wasn’t scanning for threats. None appeared. There had been no sign of Steen or car exchanges since the night he’d used the fake twenties at Ohana. Was that solely because of Quinn, or had the culprits found better things to do?

Not knowing made her antsy.

She’d met with Cassie, had a video call with her lawyer in Chicago, Nolan Swann, and confirmed things were fine with her family at home and on their job sites. She didn’t believe the vandalism and break-in at her home were random, but it seemed the danger had passed.

Too bad no one agreed with her.

Discouraging as it was, she had to defer to the expertise of others. Security and investigations weren’t her specialties. All she really knew about counterfeiting was how to spot a fake bill. It wasn’t so easy to roll along letting others watch out for her. And eventually, it caught up to her and she dissolved into tears on Emery’s shoulder after closing last night.

To be fair, the crying jag was rooted in anger and exasperation. Thankfully, it was just the two of them in the bar kitchen when the breakdown hit. Like the friend she was, Emery covered for her when Quinn walked in, giving her a few precious minutes to pull herself together.

The moment of weakness was proof that she needed to chat with Quinn about reclaiming some control over her life. And she had to discuss it without being rude or sounding ungrateful.

Because Quinn wasn’t the problem. Not really. Through it all, he’d been vigilant on her behalf. Even better, he’d kept up his role as her make-out bodyguard. When they were alone, she practically threw herself at him. Tender, hot kisses and tantalizing touches would burst into an inferno she didn’t want to resist. Yet somehow, she still hadn’t invited him to share the bed.

What was wrong with her?

That was the question she’d asked Emery last night.

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