The Billionaire's Bodyguard by Elana Johnson & Bonnie R. Paulson & Getaway Bay

Author:Elana Johnson & Bonnie R. Paulson & Getaway Bay [Johnson, Elana & Paulson, Bonnie R. & Bay, Getaway]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AEJ Creative Works
Published: 2018-07-03T16:00:00+00:00

The next day, she woke early and went immediately to the door and knocked. Jason took several long moments before he answered, his hair mussed and his eyes still sleepy. “Hey,” he said, smiling and leaning into the doorway. Once again he made a T-shirt and gym shorts look like an Armani suit.

“I’d like to go to the gym,” she said. “I’m assuming you won’t let me go alone.”

“Nope. Let me put on some shoes.” He walked half a step in front of her, he opened the door to the hotel gym, and he waited for her to choose her machine before positioning himself directly next to her.

She liked being with him, found his presence comfortable, but she still put in her earbuds and got the treadmill moving. She might let Victor push her out of her house for a night, but she would not fall apart over him.

Only a mile into her workout, her phone rang. Luke. Her fingers twitched to get it, but at the same time, she wasn’t sure she was ready to talk to him. In the end, she paused the treadmill and answered the call.

“Hey,” she said, her breath sounding in her own ears as she puffed into the phone.

“Catch you at a bad time?” he asked.

“I’m on the treadmill,” Lexie said. “It’s fine. Did you hear from Drake?”

“He’s pulling the restraining order right now. He’ll send it in the next half-hour.”

Some relief bled through Lexie. She wanted to tell Luke about last night, but she didn’t at the same time. “Hey,” she said. “Have you heard from Jason Burnes lately?” She glanced at the man in question, who ran on the treadmill beside her. No headphones. No movie on his phone. He was like a man of steel and willpower.

He looked at her too, and she turned away.

“No,” Luke said. “Why? Is he causing a problem too?”

Jason had never been a problem. Never. “No,” she said, unsure of why else she’d bring him up. “I’ve just been thinking about him, and I wondered, you know, since you guys were best friends….” She let her words hang there, sure Luke would fill in the blanks.

“I haven’t spoken to him in years,” Luke said, his voice even as always. “And Lex…I don’t know how to say this.”

Lexie was sure she wouldn’t like it. “Maybe don’t say it then,” she said. “But I’m a big girl, Luke, and I can make my own decisions.”

“Not when it comes to him, you can’t,” Luke said. “He’s not right for you.”

Funny, every time Lexie thought about the man that was perfectly right for her, he bore Jason Burnes’s face. “Why do you say that?”

“He’s just…he didn’t even finish college.”

“So what?”

“So I just think—”

“He was your best friend. From college.”

“From my party years,” Luke said. “Think about that, Lex. Last I heard he was in Miami. Probably down there partying it up. He’s not husband material.”

“Yeah, well, few men are,” Lexie snapped. Neither of her brothers had managed to tie the knot, so she wasn’t sure what Luke was talking about.

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