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“The boss would killyou if he saw you looking at his daughter like that,” the other guard says over the earpieces we wear. “You’ve had that same expression on your face since we walked through the doors an hour ago.”
“Hypocrite,” I say, looking over at him and smirking. He isn’t wrong, though. I am staring at Aria in a way that I shouldn’t be.
Even through the flashing lights of the club, I can see his answering grin. The panic that is rising settles. All he thinks is that I’m guilty of finding the boss’s daughter attractive. He doesn’t think that anything is happening between us.
I remind myself a thousand times that being around Aria is just work. My attraction to her is wrong. If not for her agreement, I would be arresting her along with her father.
Aria stares at me through the haze of the club. Clouds of smoke settle over the dance floor, blurring my sight of her. I move around the crowd, pushing through the writhing bodies to get closer to her.
“Her friends want to leave,” the other guard says through the earpiece. “I’m going to take them home. They say she wants to stay longer.”
“I’ll stay with her. Take the others home and then come back here and we’ll take her back to the estate.”
“Are you sure you can handle her? She’s been known to ditch her bodyguards and disappear for days.”
I glance at Aria, hating the way my cock twitches as she runs her hands along her body. She is capturing the attention of everyone in the room. Men and women are staring at her little show.
“I can handle her,” I say, crossing my arms over my chest as I find an empty table to lean on while I watch Aria dance.
The others leave, and within moments, it feels like it is just Aria and me in the club. She might be putting on a show, but it isn’t for the other people watching. As soon as her gaze catches mine, I know that it’s just for me.
Everything in me knows that approaching her is a bad idea, even as I glare at every man who thinks about going near her. Aria smirks, inching the already-short hem of her dress up her thighs.
I sigh, knowing that I’m teetering on the edge of a dangerous cliff.
All it takes is the crook of her little finger and I leap off that cliff.
Instead of going to her as she wants, I stay at the table and raise an eyebrow. Alarm bells are ringing in my head but the club’s music drowns them out.
Aria smirks and presses herself against the nearest man she can find, trailing her hands up and down his body. I roll my eyes and keep my temper in check. While I may not like what I’m seeing, I’m not going to give into her little games.
After a few more seconds of grinding against the man, she struts over to the table. She leans across from me, the neckline of her dress dipping down to show me more of her breasts than I should ever see as her employee.
“You’re ruining my fun,” Aria says, reaching out to trail a finger along my arm. “I’m going to the washroom. When I get back, you’re going to stop glaring at the men who want to dance with me.”
“Zero chance of that happening,” I say as she starts heading to the washroom. I follow her at a distance, grinning when I see the stiff set of her shoulders.
She heads inside the washroom, not sparing me a second glance. I lean against the wall, crossing my arms and waiting for her.
A few minutes later, she emerges. For the first time since meeting her, there is hesitation in her eyes.
“If you don’t want me, don’t scare away the people who do,” she says, her voice soft.
I roll my eyes as I step closer to her, using my arms to cage her in against the wall. I brace myself as her breath hitches.
“Who the hell said I didn’t want you?” I ask, my voice husky as I lean closer to her, trailing my mouth along her collarbone. “Of course, I fucking want you. However, I have to be the smart one. Both of us have too much to lose if this goes wrong.”
“Just tonight,” Aria whispers, her head tilting back as I suck on her sensitive skin. “Want me just for tonight and then go back to being a cop who hates me tomorrow.”
“It’s impossible to hate you,” I say, leaning back to look at her. “So fucking impossible.”
Before she can say anything else, I capture her mouth with mine. She sighs into the kiss as I nip at her bottom lip. I reach down and turn the earpiece off, not wanting the other guard to hear anything if he comes back earlier than anticipated.
Aria’s hands travel up my torso beneath my shirt. My muscles clench beneath her touch and I crave more. I lift my head long enough to see doors lining one wall. Aria grins as I pull away, taking her hand and leading her down the line of doors. I try the handles until I find one room that is unlocked.
Aria follows me inside, leaning against the closed door as I reach around her to lock it.
The room we’re in is small and there’s not much more to it than a couch and some dim lighting.
