Rock Hard by Bonnie Dee

Author:Bonnie Dee [Dee, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Ja-hun was busy the rest of the day, going to the venue and checking out the tight security measures, as well as making mental notes about the building, the exits, and the possible places a sniper could be concealed and still hit a target like Leelah before she entered the building.

He returned to the Blaine estate at dusk with just enough time to shower and dress before the event. During all this time, he’d almost managed not to dwell on Leelah and how exciting and wrong their encounter in the garden had been. That is if “almost” meant thinking about her every other minute instead of every single one. But when he beheld her in the splendor of her ball gown, his heart nearly stopped. She was a goddess. The shimmering gold gown brought out the highlights in her high-piled hair. Her flesh even seemed to shine, although he didn’t know if that was an effect of the dress or of a sprayed on body shimmer. When she saw Ja-hun, her eyes, rimmed in dark liner, lit and glowed like miniature suns.

Her happy pleasure at seeing him touched him deeply. He’d never seen that look in a woman’s eyes directed at him, and it frightened him. This developing thing between them couldn’t possibly end well. Someone would be hurt. Probably him.

He crossed the room to her and took her arm. “Ready?”

“Always,” she murmured with a saucy quirk of her brow that gave the word a salacious meaning.

Once the father and daughter were escorted to their vehicle, escort cars closed in around a sham limo to mislead any who might try to attack the president en route to the ball. Ja-hun rode with the Blaines in their car, which exited the grounds after the caravan was gone.

The point he was most worried about was the damn red carpet stroll from the car to the entrance of the Gravatz where the ball was taking place. If Ja-hun had his way, he’d have hustled his clients in a back door, but as the president, it was important for Rogent to make an appearance.

Ja-hun’s nerves tingled, and his eyes moved constantly as he escorted Leelah to the building with the press and gawkers crowding the carpet on either side. Rogent had his own security detail with him, also sharp-eyed and on edge.

They made it safely inside, and he breathed easier. The guest list for this event had been carefully screened and contained dignitaries and diplomats from all eight of the Federated Worlds. He was fairly confident that the rest of the evening would be free of any possible danger for Leelah or her father.

Ja-hun took a moment to gaze at the woman by his side, her hand curved around the sleeve of his black tuxedo. She smiled up at him, and again he was reminded of the sun. Sun princess, the fanciful title occurred to him. He could almost pretend that he belonged here beside her, that a series of flukes hadn’t brought him, a boy from a poverty-stricken OldEarth slum, to attend a glittering gala of the social elite.

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