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And he did consider them family They’d taken hiet that or take it for granted, just what all they’d done for hiain when he was at loose ends and had no direction after co off that last tour that took him out of active duty

But now he had Eden, and he wasn’t at all sure where this would take thea He’d basically taken over her protection, although Nathan and Joe were technically in charge But they see between hiument--and thank God for that, because for the first time ever he would have openly defied their command when it came to Eden He wanted this done his way He wanted to be the one in charge of Eden’s safety, and it wasn’t that he didn’t trust his team, but they didn’t have the personal stake in this job that Swanny had He wanted to be the one who shielded her, kept her safe With him at all times Such possessiveness was completely alien to him

It wasn’t that he was ever an assle to the wo sense of possessiveness The urge to keep her with hi clarity that in his ed to hi or chattel to "own," but his reaction to her was staggering He also realized that this shoot was only a few days, and that ed because he hadn’t given thought to the longevity of their relationship, and it occurred to hi, her first lover, and then have her move on to someone else

Their careers would take them to opposite corners of the world and he had no idea how they could possibly work that out But dao

If this hat being in love was all about, then he knew he’d already fallen hard for her But the big question mark was how did she feel about hione out of her way to assure him that his scars and appearance didn’t bother her And she’d wanted hi But what?

All he kneas that he was already dreading the end of the shoot when she no longer needed KGI’s services Although the threat to her, according to her father, was still out there, so if that threat wasn’t eliht ant to keep them on

He wanted any threat to her to be eli to ever touch her or hurt her, but at the saer need hi forward to the end of what they were sharing

Eden stirred softly beside hihts and turned to face her She s," she said sweetly

"Morning, honey How do you feel this ?"

Her cheeks pinkened as color rose up her neck and into her face

"I’m fine, I think I haven’t really ht I can’t iine that I’ll suffer any discomfort today"

"As , unfortunately we’ve got to get up and get riret he felt

"At least we have lunch together to go shopping," she said brightly

Though it wasn’t so pushed into so, the thought of getting to spend tis over having to gussy hi her lips "Nohy don’t you hit the bathroo I’ll use the other bathroom and take a quick shower and then we can hit the road I’ll call the others and o and have the cars ready and waiting in the back"

She sighed but pushed aside the bedcovers, baring her nude body to him His dick hardened to the point of pain, but he kept a sheet over it until she disappeared into the bathroo to have to take care of the matter of his erection in the shower because there was no way in hell he could endure this kind of pain all da And for the most part, other than the very feoular release for his dick Just iht before would finish him off in a minute flat as soon as he hit the shower

Twentyballs, he went in search of her to find her collecting up clothing and a host of other feminine stuff of whose uses he had no idea

"Ready?" Eden asked, a broad s her pretty features

"Yep No workout today, huh?"

She grimaced "I try to do it every other day I probably should do a daily regimen, and for a while I did when David and Micah took over my workouts We worked out, ran and worked on self-defense But after I got into better shape and more toned and lean, we cut back to three days a week Sometimes more if I just need to work out h that kind of torture every day?"