Under His Protection by Katie Reus

Author:Katie Reus [Reus, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781500612962
Amazon: 1500612960
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014-09-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“We’re good without you,” Blue said wryly, his voice coming over Ivan’s wireless earpiece as he sat in his SUV.

Ivan rolled his shoulders, trying to ease the building tension as he leaned back against the driver’s seat of his vehicle. Alexander Blue was Mina’s fiancé and Ivan’s new boss. Sort of. Blue had worked for Red Stone Security for a while before being promoted to head up one of their East Coast divisions, which included the company’s Hollingsworth account—once Mina moved her family’s security division over to them. Ivan had been with Mina’s father and Mina kept him on, which meant he now worked for Red Stone and Alex, even though his only client was Mina. “I know, I just—”

“I’m capable of watching out for my own fiancée. We’re not leaving the condo since I’m working from home today and there haven’t been any threats. Besides, Mina’s worried about Jules and she’ll have my ass if anything happens to her.”

Ivan half-smiled, the tension in his chest easing. He was taking time off no matter what because Julieta needed him, but he was glad this wasn’t going to affect his job. “Okay, I just wanted to check in.”

“We’re good. Take all the time you need and don’t worry about checking in anymore. I’ll let you know if we have any issues.”

Once they disconnected, Ivan took his wireless piece out of his ear and set it next to his phone on the center console before he turned down the last road his GPS directed him to. What he was doing wasn’t illegal, as Julieta had been concerned about, but he was going to check out River Aguilar. He wanted to see this guy in person and find out if he had a set schedule. If he was her stalker, Ivan wanted to know everything he could about the guy.

Ivan cruised past the two-story house once, taking in the entire street as he drove. It was a dead end road, off a main street in a middle-class neighborhood. Which meant he wouldn’t be able to hang out too long without neighbors getting suspicious. At least it was the middle of the morning on a Monday. Most people would be working.

Choosing a one-story ranch style house two houses down from where Aguilar lived with his mother, he parked on the curb under an oak tree. He cracked a window then shut off the engine. It was October, cool enough to sit in his vehicle without baking.

A two-door red car sat in the driveway. A newer model and according to the file he’d glanced at earlier, not something Aguilar or his mom owned. He jotted down the plate and make and model. The yard itself was immaculate, the grass looking as if it had recently been cut and the flowerbeds were also taken care of.

He wasn’t a fan of PI work because it was often boring and took forever to yield results. Julieta might not have time for long investigative work if whoever was stalking her got desperate so Ivan wanted to stay in front of the situation.

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