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It melts at the ice I’ve built around my heart just a little.
“Wiseass.”
She settles back into her seat, and the notion that she’s comfortable with me settles my temper. Little does she know, I do have one. Not that I’d ever aim it at her, but my job now is to protect her. And I take my job seriously.
Whatever Cash wants of me, I’ll do. Whatever her father wants of me, I’ll do that, too.
Aspyn is stuck somewhere between a baby bird who doesn’t know how to fly and a sultry vixen who has the power to render any man to his knees.
That combination is hard to find.
She saw me raw for a moment and instead of staying mad, she tried to cheer me up.
Not that I have any cure for what I have.
No, I don’t.
And I also don’t need Aspyn thinking I’m some kind of nice guy.
I’m nothing of the sort.
Maybe I know right from wrong, but I’m not very good at staying on the right side of the law.
I’ll toe the line. I’ll do as I’m told. But I’m rotten inside. I have darkness inside me that is untamed and unpredictable.
One day, the beast may be let out.
When I care about someone, there is nothing I won’t do to protect them, but I’m doing this for Cash. Not her.
I just hope she doesn’t piss me off too much, or get too close.
It’s in her best interests if she just goes about her daily business and we converse only when necessary. This banter has been way too familiar. I need to control myself better.
As I glance at her once more, she’s chewing on her nails. A bad habit that shows every bit of nervousness that’s going on inside.
There are many layers to my mystery girl, and I have no intention of getting between those layers.
I’m best off on the outskirts looking in. That’s what I do best. When I’m just there to be seen and not heard.
That’s where I belong. And that’s where I’m going to stay.
6
ASPYN
I cannot sleep with my security. I cannot sleep with my security.
For heaven’s sake, is my father completely stupid?
He’s not old. He also doesn’t have the beer belly like I first imagined. And he’s damn easy on the eyes.
Why would he pair me with this gorgeous man? Maybe he didn’t know, which I find hard to believe. Then again, if he’d known that my new bodyguard has been in and out of jail, I can guarantee he wouldn’t be placed in my care. Again, he trusts Cash.
Or maybe my father thinks I’ll behave like the good little girl he raised.
What he doesn’t know is that I’m getting more and more tired of his strict rules.
I only let him boss me around because I felt sorry for him, and he’s told me on more than one occasion how lonely he gets. He has a bevy of women, don’t get me wrong, but even I know that must get old after a while.
