Securing Selyne by Kameron Claire

Author:Kameron Claire [Claire, Kameron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Snuggle Whore Press, LLC
Published: 2024-02-29T18:30:00+00:00

5

Griffin

The next two weeks fly by in a whirlwind of early mornings and late nights filled with flashing cameras, strobe lights, deafening music, near naked models—both men and women—and private after-parties filled with Prohibition-style booze, drugs, and food that no one eats. There are people moving in a dozen directions around Selyne at all times, and the carefully laid out security plan I put together was blown to shit the moment we exited the first aircraft.

We’ve been in reactive mode from the moment we got here—and I hate it.

With Kuwait City and Doha done, we’re now taxiing a private runway in Dubai, where Loretta and an emissary from the Arab Fashion Council wait for Selyne. We haven’t had another moment of privacy between us since that first night at the gym, but that doesn’t stop me from obsessing over her every move.

Or from her sliding me small smiles when she thinks no one is looking.

Or sending me sweet text messages in the middle of the night when we both should be asleep.

Even though we speak daily, there are a million things left unsaid between us—things that should never be said.

Watching her at the after-parties has been the worst part of this mission, considering wealthy men of all ages have bent over backwards to impress her with gifts and compliments. I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s been proposed to more than once in the last two weeks. Every time she smiles, or a man makes her laugh, it shoots a poisonous dart right into my heart.

I’ll never be that man.

I’ll never be welcome in her world.

I’m just a visitor—the hired help—and no amount of money I make will ever make me worthy of someone like her.

That I fantasized about a future with her for longer than a minute is laughable. No foster kid from South Philly wins the heart of an A-list celebrity like Selyne. Maybe in the movies—one of those cheesy Hallmark ones—but this is real life, and she is far out of my league.

Even though it killed me to turn her down two weeks ago, I knew if we spent the night together, I would’ve fallen in love with her. No way could I hold her in my arms all night and keep my feelings in check.

It’s better this way.

I’m better off alone.

Three more weeks, then we fly home and I figure out what’s next for my life, which may include staying in California and partnering with Halsey and TACSS.

He’s asked.

I’m considering it.

But playing Selyne Mejer’s bodyguard? That ends as soon as my feet hit US soil.

Selyne stands up as the crew opens the door, her smile a little dimmer than usual when she looks at me and says, “Show time.”

I know she’s nervous about these next two shows, but I don’t think it has anything to do with the location and everything to do with her mother’s presence. Margalit mentioned noticing a similar shift after she gets off the phone with Loretta at night—almost like a child ruminating in the corner after being scolded.

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