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Chapter Three
Mason
When we walkedinto that shop full of men, my jealousy may have spiked. Every guy that walked by, looked Lennox up and down. Who could blame them, you could practically see right through the sundress she was wearing. It was so thin, you could see every outline underneath it.
I pulled her to my side and made sure I was always touching her in some way. It didn’t stop the looks though. The quickie in my office wasn’t planned, but when I saw all those men checking out my fiancée, I needed to claim her. She was mine.
I pushed those assholes from my thoughts as I pulled into the driveway and led Lennox into the house. While she went to change, I started dinner. My phone rang and I put it to my ear. “Hello?”
“Is this Mason Reynolds?”
“Yeah, who is this?”
“This is Ray Chaplin. You contacted me a few days ago about wanting to set up an interview for a bodyguard.”
I peeked around the corner to make sure Lennox wasn’t listening. I had only just gotten her to agree to the bodyguard, if she knew I had already been seriously looking, she would’ve had my manhood.
“Yes, how are you doing?” I kept my voice low.
“Good, thanks for asking. I was wondering when you wanted to set up that interview you mentioned in your email. I actually have another interview set up for Friday morning.”
Lennox was going to be leaving Friday morning, if I wanted her to have a bodyguard for the trip, I needed to talk to him as soon as possible. “How does tomorrow morning sound?”
“That would be great. Where would you like to meet?”
I thought it over. There was no way I could meet him at the bar, then I would’ve had to leave Lennox at home alone and I was not about to do that. If I wanted to interview him, I had to do it at home, preferably before Lennox woke up. “Can you come to my house tomorrow morning? Say around seven?”
“Yeah, that’s not a problem.”
I had just finished giving him the address as Lennox came into the kitchen. “I will see you tomorrow.” I hung up and slid the phone back into my pocket. I could tell from the look on her face that she was going to ask me who I was talking to, so I distracted her. “Can you make the salad and open a bottle of wine?”
“Sure,” she answered, turning around for the fridge.
We had dinner on the balcony overlooking the back yard and she never thought to ask. The stars were shining bright, reflecting against the pond as the cicadas chirped, filling the night. I held Lennox’s hand as we let the chirping lull us into relaxation. Just touching her relaxed me, I didn’t need to hear her heartbeat because I could feel it pounding in my chest like it was my own.
I wokebright and early the next day, ready to meet with Ray. I brewed the coffee and did a little research on the guy. I wanted to call his past employers but it was too early. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I wondered if he could’ve had any ties connecting him to Chris. I wouldn’t put it past him to send someone into our lives that we thought we could trust.
I heard his car pull up the driveway. I rushed to the door before he could make it out of his car. I didn’t want him ringing the doorbell and waking up Lennox.
The large man stepped out of his Impala and started walking my way. I took in his size, he had to weigh at least two-hundred pounds and was every bit of seven feet tall. He could’ve been a linebacker. When he stood directly in front of me, I had to look up to meet his eyes.
“Mr. Reynolds?” The man held out his hand.
I took his hand in mine and put all my strength into the handshake, he didn’t even notice. “Yes. Ray, I presume?”
He nodded. “It’s nice to meet you.”
“You too, please come in.” I held the door open and closed it behind him before leading him toward the kitchen. “Would you like a cup of coffee?”
“No, thank you. I’m not much of a coffee drinker.” He took off his dark sunglasses and placed them inside his suit jacket.
“Can I interest you in something else?”
“I’m fine, thanks.”
I shrugged. “Okay, let’s get down to business then.” I took my seat across from him and grilled him with questions for the next half hour.
I was almost done when I felt Lennox behind me. I looked up to Ray, his eyes were wide. His bulging eyes told me something wasn’t right. I turned and looked over my shoulder to see her standing behind me, only wearing a bed sheet.
