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His gaze rested on the cleage spilling froth of her legs, bare beneath her black miniskirt The tank-skirt couy leered at her, sheall the reasons why fes

“C’its,” he pleaded

Jeez, again with the digits? This kid was relentless Might be time to dust off the old Erin Brockovich speech

“Look,” she said through clenched teeth, “I’m not—”

A raspy male voice cut in “Beat it, buddy”

One second the flirty kid was in front of her, the next he was gone, scurrying away like he was being chased by the cops

Miranda didn’t need to turn around to knoas standing behind her While other woratitude, she was just mildly irritated

“I’rumbled “I already told you I can take care of myself”

Seth Masterson stepped into view, his lint she’d come to expect “I know you can”

She arched her brows “Yeah? So then why’d you interfere?”

He shrugged “My way got rid of that moron quicker”

Despite herself, Miranda found it hard not to laugh Yep, Seth’s “as extremely efficient All he had to do was level some poor dude with that lethal stare of his, and—poof—the unwanted adician’s act foroff any man who dared to flirt with her What started out as a quick stop-by a couple ti”, had becohtly routine Nohen she worked a shift, she was surprised if Seth didn’t show up

Any other woht have swooned fro her own personal bouncer wasOh no, Seth Masterson didn’t provide her with even an ounce of co, he achieved the opposite effect, unsettling her with his co frorowth on his face, to his scruffy dark hair, to the piercing gray eyes that were forever undressing her

“Like I said, I could’ve handled it Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s time for my dinner break” She brushed past him and strode into the break room

Seth, of course, followed her right in One thing she’d discovered about him? He didn’t play by any rules, a trait she found ironic considering he was in the military, where rules were a way of life