“I won’t be. I’ll be walking with you.” I roll my eyes. “You will get used to it.”
“Does he have you do this all the time?”
“What do you mean?”
“Escort whoever he’s dating at the moment?”
“Landon doesn’t date. He doesn’t have the time or the patience for it.” I feel much better knowing that bit of information because it’s a bit weird having strangers guard me, but it would be worse if this was their usual and they went around on their off time talking about how the boss protects all of his hookups.
“So what about this other detail?”
“Trying to get rid of me so soon? If I had feelings, they would be hurt.”
“Thank goodness that you don’t.”
“Tomorrow. Landon’s interviewing the best. He’d prefer a female on your team as well as a male, but he wants someone strong enough to protect you as well.”
“A female?” I can’t hide the fact that he’s busy interviewing women and I’m jealous.
“Damn, you two are perfect for each other. Green-eyed monsters running rampant. He’s looking for a female to be around you when he’s not around because he doesn’t want you falling for a handsome devil like me.”
“Conceited much?”
“Wow, someone is dishing out the blows hard today.”
“Sorry, I’m a bit aggravated. My brother thinks Landon’s no good for me.”
“Well, he’s your brother. He’s wrong, but he’s your brother and his job is to shoo away all the men in your life until you’re old and undesirable, or until he’s finally settled down and doesn’t care if you finally find someone.”
“Damn, you men suck. Do you have any sisters?”
“Yes. Way too many to count.”
“How many?”
“One, but she’s got the personality of six.”
“Yeah, seems like a family trait.”
“I’m gonna tell Landon you were trying to run away. I had to chase you down and threaten you.”
“What?”
“I’ll do it, so you better start being nice to me.”
“Whatever. I’m going to tell him you were flirting with me.”
“You’re evil,” he says, glaring at me through the rearview mirror. My Cheshire cat grin widens as I sit back and cross my arms. I’ve made my point and won.
“Takes one to know one.”
“Truce.” His shoulders slump and I nod, accepting this accord. We pull into a campus parking spot, and he puts the SUV into park.
“Truce.” We shake hands, and then he gets out first before letting me out.
Chapter Ten
Landon
I missed her the second I left the condo, and I can’t wait to see her again. Danny sent in a report that he picked her up and dropped her off at her first class. Congratulations on meeting your match. She’s going to be a handful. I laugh at his text.
Especially after I receive Lara’s text. Poor Danny, I think you’re going to need a new HOS. He’s not that tough. He’s scared of you. Miss you.
I have no idea what happened between them, but I have a feeling she gave him a run for his money this morning and like the man he is, he held it together. I hope I don’t need to give him a raise. Tobias shared a little more about his sister and her knack for having a snarky mouth. That I knew, and I fucking love it.
I’m out of my meeting with a new buyer and decide I can’t wait, so I call Danny to find out what the fuck happened. “Whatever she says, I swear I didn’t flirt with her. She’s a pain in the ass.”
I growl.
“Sorry. I mean, don’t get me wrong… I mean, a pain in the ass in a good way, but…” After he’s done telling me what happened, I’m trying my hardest not to laugh. She’s a smartass and a half. I’m going to have fun playing with her later.
“She doesn’t want security, but she’s going to get it. So she was jealous?”
“Yeah. It was funny, and I think that’s what made her take that shit out on me.”
“I’ll deal with it. My woman doesn’t have anything to be jealous about—ever.”
“Did you find her a good team yet?”
“No. No one is qualified enough to care for her.”
“No one?” I can hear the disbelief in his voice because we have hundreds of skilled candidates who are available to handle personal security, but Lara’s the most important person in the world to me. Her security has to be the best. I can’t rush the team I pick for her. I love this woman, and she’s going to be the center of my family, my universe. Nothing can happen to her. Fuck, thinking about family has my dick hard. I wonder if our baby is growing in her right now. I filled her womb up with my seed several times, even though I should have let her tender pussy rest.
God, my dick is getting hard just thinking about her and making our little ones. I adjust my cock because I’m about to head into a meeting with a Seattle firm looking for cybersecurity. It’s going to take me half the afternoon, and I’m not going to be home until six. I usually don’t get done until nine and I never fucking mind, but I want to be alone with Lara.