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Unfortunately for her godfather, keeping her away froht as well do as he always did and help if she asked Then again, he knew his daughter well She wouldn’t need ht be the woman to tame the Desert Lion’s heart and to heal the wounds in his soul

Or she would end up sharing the, Zach," Joe ordered firmly, as he picked up a paper on the table in front of hirooman You have to let her live her own life at this point"

"So says theorders out that she’s to be covered by a protective detail at all tiive rin "Where bullets are flying, I tend to rerin widened "He’s a drowning man Give her teeks, he’ll be like the rest of us Putty in her hands"

"He doesn’t have a heart, Joe," Zach said, causing Joe to lower his paper and frown back at him

"What the hell do you mean by that?"

"His brothers destroyed any part of hiive to another wo of what had been done to Khalid so many years before "They ripped his heart out of his body That’s why he needs to stay the hell away fro but hurt her"

Joe prayed he rong, if for no other reason than his daughter’s sake

Chapter 1

Heat surrounded Marty A sizzling, sultry, humid heat that washed over her naked body, lapped at her sensitive nipples, and tingled at the juncture of her thighs It glistened and shimmered over her oil-coated body and sank inside her flesh, al that spot inside her that always seemed empty, always dark

Behind her closed eyelids soft color existed, co down around her There was just the sule from the tips of her bare toes, over her waxed pussy and her pale breasts, to the top of her head

She stretched beneath the heat, luxuriating in it as she hadn’t been able to do for far too long

She should have joined herthe fruity little drinks with u If she’d had any idea of the surprise her insane boss had intended for her yesterday, then she definitely would have hter that always resulted when herhere, wondering what she wasand why the hell she was here alone

Just as she would have been doing if she were in France, she thought with amusement She would have fussed internally every day she was there as she wondered what she wasat ho Sexy, char, secretive Khalid

She blew out a heated breath as the ie of him rose behind her closed lashes So tall, broad-shouldered, lean-hipped A fantasy co for was the pleasure to be had from sex alone

There were times she wished she could settle for just the sex The stolen ht, a few hours of satisfaction before she went on her way If she were more that type of a woman, she wouldn’t be as torertips along the bare flesh of her abdo over her There were days, nights, when she ached for his touch When every nerve ending in her body, desperate for his caress, seemed to throb just under the skin A touch she had never known

She alht She was pathetic, and the older she got, the et him out of her fantasies, or out of her mind She wondered if she was obsessed

Marty never obsessed over anything, and definitely never over aover on the thick towel cushioning her fro the pool, Marty drew in a hard, deep breath and tried to force the ever-present erotic ies of Khalid out of her mind

She had decisions to make while she was on vacation, decisions that did not include Khalid’s arrogance and sexuality Decisions that could change her life as well as the direction she had once chosen for it

The private security firm she had been approached by last month had ht yet accept

Cli to look next to iodfather’s position as head of the federal offices held her back in ways she hadn’t anticipated She was protected and watched over, and then Deerfield had the nerve to accuse her of "crying" to Zach when things didn’t go her way

The wall to advance at times seemed insurmountable

The private security fir She had no blood relation working there, no friends, and, even better, her father and godfather weren’t involved in any way She would have a sense of freedoulations, and more action and satisfaction It seemed like a in situation so far

So far

She hadn’t told her fathers about it yet, she hadn’t discussed it with herstopped her As though the thought of it were suddenly abhorrent But she was an adult; she wasn’t going to feel like she had to ask perround

And while she was considering options, was she going to pull her towel over her naked body sometime before Khalid Mustafa stepped fro froered for long seconds at the French doors before he stepped into the brilliant rays of the sun

Like a shadow come to life Black eyes, black hair, deeply bronzed flesh The od Hard muscle shifted beneath the white silk shirt he wore, just as lean, powerful legs flexed inside the forle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>