Decent Bodyguards: Do I Have to Accept Love Against My Will?
READING AGE 12+
When Cal Mercer sent a ring to my office with a note saying he'd keep asking until I said yes, I returned it unopened. I'd already told him no—more than once—and I wanted my life back, not a grander proposal. Then my new client, Adrian Vale, offered me a job protecting him from a threat he claimed was real. Adrian was feared by everyone around him, but in private he asked me to stay, promised to obey my boundaries, and called himself mine to command. Cal wanted to make me his wife. Adrian wanted me to choose him. As the line between a security assignment and a personal war began to blur, I had to decide whether either man understood what my answer meant.
Unfold
I met Adrian at a diner on the edge of Bellwether Bay, three weeks after my contract ended.
I chose the place. I chose the time. I drove myself and sat at the table nearest the front window, with an unobstructed view of the door. It wasn't because I thought Adrian might hurt me. It was because I had spent years learning that comfort mat……
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