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Maylee slammed the closet door shut

Then, she screa yell arose fro it aside, hopped out of bed, and bounded across the roo it open, a wet blonde wrapped only in a towel tu to his waist "Man in my room," she babbled "There’s a ht of Maylee nearly naked, dripping wet, and norapping her arms around his waist, Griffin remained frozen in place Lustful fantasies bloo to a halt at her terrified sob

A man in her room? It finally sank in "You have ato his back "There is some weird creep inlike flowery soap "Wait here," he said He looked around for a weapon, grabbed a laed it, jerked off the shade, and then brandished it like a bat Then, he moved into Maylee’s room

The closet door was shut tight For a moment, he wondered if this was simple feminine hysterics to try and seduce hiirls would do to get into his bed, but Griffin had never run into such scenarios himself Still, Maylee hadn’t seemed the type

So he approached the closet and knocked on it "Someone in there?"

"Please don’t kill me," a muffled voice responded "I’ll come out if you promise not to killher knuckles, terrified, her eyes dark and huge in her face And she was nad under that towel She was completely and utterly vulnerable

And someone had broken into her rooh hirabbed a nearby chair and jammed it under the handle of the closet door He tested it, but it was stuck fast Good He looked over at Maylee, as tre off the ends of her wet curls "Wait in hof mine"

She nodded and disappeared into his room

Griffin scanned her bedroom It was tidy despite the fact that she’d been interrupted out of the shower Her knitting sat on the corner of the bed, clearly waiting for its owner to return Nothing else seemed out of place, so he couldn’t see where someone had broken in Furious, he went to the phone next to her bed and dialed the front desk

"Ms Meriweather," the voice on the other end said sht?"

"This is Lord Montagne Verdi," Griffin said in his iciest, most austere tone "Ms Meriweather has an intruder in her room I’ve locked hiht away Understand?"

"Absolutely,up Across from him, he watched the closet doorknob turn, theit The door rattled, and he heard a soft curse Griffin htened it, and then sat down, pinning the door shut with his weight

And he waited for security

Luckily, the hotel was prompt A mere minute or two later, there was a quick knock at the door "Security"

Griffin got up fro them in "He’s in the closet"

The security team extracted the man, as clearly one of the paparazzi The man babbled and tried to make excuses, but the ca between Maylee’s ugly dresses--told the real story They took him away and another man stayed behind to take down Griffin’s inforlanced back at his room His assistant hadn’t shown her face since the others had arrived "Maylee? Can you coive this h the doorway of their adjoining rooer-combed into loose, damp waves She wore one of his button-up shirts, the heh when she moved forward, he saw the soft bob of her brsts under the fabric

And holy Christ, she was sexy in his shirt

Griffin clenched his fists, willing away the inappropriate surge of lust he felt at the sight of her Those greenish-brown eyes were still huge and troubled, and when she stuck her hand out for the security officer to shake, he noticed it was still tre She was terrified

Her fear made his protective instincts arise He put a hand on her shoulder and tugged her closer to hi look As Maylee gave her statement, he re with the too-long sleeves of his shirt as she spoke

"He told me he wanted me to ith him," she said in her soft drawl "That he wanted the inside story I’, or on Mr Griffin He said he’d pay me lots of money"

"And what did you say to him?" the man asked

She looked surprised "Why, I screamed I screamed and slammed the door in his face"

Griffin smiled faintly

"Thank you," said the security officer once Maylee had given her state with the intruder--over to the police"

"What are you going to do to ensure this doesn’t happen again?" Griffin’s voice was cold, authoritative, and he gave the man a hard look "I’ harassed while I’ at what is supposed to be a safe establishment"

"Of course, sir--er, my lord," the uard on this floor in addition to the ones downstairs You won’t be disturbed again"

"See that we are not," Griffin said