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I punch the code into the keypad and open the door. As I walk in, she rushes right up to me.
“Is everything okay?” she asks.
“Yep,” I say. One look at those pretty baby blue eyes of hers and my cock is alert. I turn away from her and lock the door from the inside.
“I was getting worried,” she continues. “You were gone for so long.”
“I like to be thorough,” I say simply, and avoid looking directly at her as I turn around again and walk over to the kitchen to clean up. Only there’s nothing to clean up. She’s already taken care of it.
“So there wasn’t anyone out there?” she asks, trailing after me. Goddamn it, is she going to stay this close to me the whole time? “Or did you find someone, and…” Her voice trails off, letting the question hang in the air.
I smirk as I grab a glass and fill it with tap water. “And do what?”
“You know. Take care of it.”
I tilt the glass against my lips and down the water in a single go. I set down the empty glass and wipe the back of my hand across my mouth.
“You mean, did I off someone?” I ask.
I hear her swallow. “Yes.”
“There wasn’t anyone out there,” I say. “But if there was, and they were here to hurt you, I would have done whatever was necessary to ensure that didn’t happen.” I finally turn to look at her. “That’s my job, Princess. To protect you at all costs.”
Her curious expression dissolves into an annoyed one. “How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?”
Fuck. I didn’t mean to call herprincessagain. It just rolls so easily off the tongue.
“Sorry,” I mutter, and turn away from her again.
I dig my cell phone out of my pocket. I should be relieved to see that I don’t have any missed messages from the boss, but the radio silence rubs me the wrong way. Isn’t he worried about his daughter? If I had a daughter under threat, I’d be checking in every five fucking minutes.
“Any updates?” Heidi asks.
I shake my head.
“Right,” she says softly. After a pause, she adds, “Well, I think I’m going to take a shower now, if that’s okay. I desperately need one.”
Thoughts of her soapy, naked curves flash through my mind. My cock strains against my jeans. “You don’t need to ask permission,” I say through a clenched jaw.
“I know that,” she says with amusement in her voice.
She walks off, and I stay where I am, waiting for my damn erection to go down. But when I hear the bathroom door close, all I can think about is her taking off her clothes. Jesus. There’s something wrong with me. I don’t know what it is about her that’s making me feel this feral, but I need to fix it. She’s the one woman I can’t lust after.
“Knox?” she calls. “Can you come help? The faucet’s stuck.”
I stay where I am. “What do you mean it’s stuck?”
“What do you mean, what do I mean?” she calls back, annoyed. “It won’t turn! It’s stuck! Will you please just come in here and help me?”
I tell myself that I’ll go in there, deal with the faucet, then walk out. There’s no reason it has to be any more complicated than that. But as I step into the bathroom, the sight of her semi-naked figure in my peripheral vision instantly undoes me. She’s wearing nothing but a towel. Her bare shoulders are out, and so are her curvy, plump legs. That alone is enough to make my cock wake right up again.
I lean into the shower and give the faucet a hard tug. It gives, but only because I practically tear the damn thing off the wall. With a violent burst, water shoots out of the shower head.
Behind me, Heidi sighs with relief. “Thank God.”
I lean out of the shower and look at her. I know I shouldn’t, but I can’t stop myself. Does she have any clue how fucking beautiful she is?
Heidi’s eyes drop to the bulge in my pants. She stares at it for a second, then forces her eyes back up to mine.
