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Her gaze travelled to me, her expression dubious. “Is that okay with you?”
I nodded once.
“I have one or two conditions, but we can talk about them later,” she added.
Ben tapped the table. “Done.”
Daisy pressed his arm. “There’s something I wanted to ask you about. Come with me.”
She led him out of the room and upstairs, their footsteps diminishing.
I watched Ariel. “Name your conditions.”
She flushed pink. Slid a piece of paper from her pocket.
I recognised it instantly, and my blood rushed south.
“If you’re officially working as my bodyguard, we don’t talk about this.”
My throat tightened. If she’d offered again, I couldn’t refuse. Didn’t want to.
But instead, she was holding the line of no.
“Your choice,” I said slowly.
“Is it? Wouldn’t you be under some kind of no-fraternising rule?”
My words flew out before I knew what I was saying. “Did ye plan to ask Valentine instead?”
Ariel stalled, just staring at me, astonishment bright in her expression. Then she finally managed, “No.”
Ben and Daisy returned downstairs, my boss furrowing his brow in question.
“I think we reached an agreement,” Ariel said with a glance at me.
Had we? But what?
My boss grinned. “Welcome to your new assignment.”
* * *
Back at the hangar, I entered the bunkhouse, calling a greeting to Valentine.
“I’m going for a run. Want in?” he yelled from his room.
“Sure. Give me a minute.”
I sat on the sofa, the log burner warming the living room and casting an orange glow, and searched my emails for ones from Ben. I found what I wanted. My contract.
Then I opened it and scanned the text.
Searched on ‘fraternising’ and ‘relationships’, not seeing anything about sleeping with clients. Ben had started seeing Daisy while he was officially protecting her. I’d guessed he’d taken that rule out.
I didn’t find it, either way.
Chapter 12
Ariel
