Slow Burn

I was hired to protect her, not make her scream my name. Me and danger are old friends. From dodging bullets in Afghanistan to working for the Secret Service when I got out of the Marines, I know danger prettywell. Or I thought I did. That was before my latest assignment came with a whole newkind of danger. Her name? Ruby. She’s the gorgeous-as-hell, opinionated, spitfire rebel daughter of Senator Burgess. Her family’s beyondstrict, but for girl who’s so innocent, she’s anythingbut sweet. Wicked green eyes, curves that begme to touch them, and a smile that makes me think dirty, dirtythoughts. Her father’s a nightmare- a totalitarian husband and father who rules his family with an iron fist. He decides what his clothes his daughters wear, what books they read, where they can go – hell, who they marry. Ruby can pretend with them, but she can’t pretend with me. I can tell there’s more to her than the demure southern belle she’s supposed to be in public. But I’m a professional, hired to be her bodyguard. I know better than to fall for someone I’ve been hired to protect, but with every glance, every accidental touch, every word she says to me, I just want her more. I want to tear away the innocent good girl veneer, and make the realRuby scream my name as she rakes her nails down my back. It’s f*cking dangerous. If we get caught, there will be hellto pay — and it’ll be even worse for her. But I don’t think I can stay away.