In Bed with the Bodyguard by Lynne Silver

Author:Lynne Silver
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2015-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

“What?” A tuxedo? Why was she asking that? He was still reeling from the fact that Ari had known about his family and said nothing. Now she wanted to know if he owned a tuxedo. He did, in fact, have a custom Armani tuxedo. It was practically a required uniform for the son of the MarketFresh Browns.

He pulled back into traffic and concentrated on weaving his way around a stopped delivery van that was blocking a lane.

Ari’s comments had rattled him badly. Might she be one of the few women in the world who didn’t give a shit about his family’s wealth? He’d spilled the secret, fully expecting the result would be a request for money. He’d both dreaded and wished for it, because the minute Ari asked to borrow money, he’d assuage the guilt he felt over spying on her for the feds. Yep, call him king of the self-defeating behaviors. He knew it, but hadn’t figured out a way to change. Old habits die hard.

“Do you have a tuxedo?” Ari repeated, gazing at him curiously from the passenger seat.

His fingers flexed involuntarily on the leather wheel, and he glanced away from traffic for a second to toss her a wry look. “Of course I have a tuxedo. Why do I need one?”

“We’re going out tonight.”

His gut cramped. Any place that required a tuxedo was guaranteed to get him recognized as a MarketFresh Brown. It’d be the first time in public with Arianna in which he was Lance Brown, not Secret Service agent Lance. “I don’t think so. We don’t have any leads on your little stalker problem. What if he follows you tonight? You ready to potentially get shit thrown on you again, only this time in public?”

She snorted. “Lance, we’re talking about a charity benefit with the who’s who of Washington. There’ll be more security there than at the local precinct.” She smiled. “Hey, maybe you’ll know someone.”

“Maybe.” Of course he’d know people there. “Are you talking about the security people or the attendees? Because I’ll probably know both.”

She smiled. “That’s right. You really straddle a lot of worlds, don’t you?”

“I do, and it’s not always fun when the worlds collide. I don’t really want to go to any charity benefit. I go to a lot of those for my job, but I get paid to attend. Scanning the crowd for threats is a hell of a lot more fun than schmoozing.”

Her fingertips trailed softly down his forearm. “Please come. I’ll feel much braver if you’re there. Pretty please,” she wheedled.

He couldn’t really say no when she touched him and begged. “Fine.” He was starting to think there was nothing he’d say no to if she was doing the asking.

Sure, he’d told Sullivan he’d keep an eye on Arianna to shorten his medical leave time, but now he was with her for entirely different reasons. He stayed because he was starting to like Arianna Rose; like her much more than any Secret Service agent had the right to like the daughter of a wanted fugitive.

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