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"Thank you," Maylee said in a tre voice "I appreciate it" Her arms crossed over her chest, and Griffin noticed that theelse," Griffin said brusquely With a nod, he indicated that the man should exit the room

The security officer left, and Maylee shut the door behind him Now, it was just Griffin and Maylee in her room He kept his eyes on her face as she turned around, all soft and curvy in his shirt Her round face looked exhausted, though she tried to give hiuess we’ve had our excite," Maylee said

Griffin exaht?" She didn’t sound like her normal cheery self

"I don’t know," she admitted "I feel like a ninny Maybe I should have just talked to hi my fool head off"

"He broke into your roo" He squeezed her shoulder

She gave hiuess"

Griffin was already iiving details to the paparazzi She’d i his reputation That kind of loyalty couldn’t be bought, no ot hoht But she still looked so troubled and that bothered hied up on the plane

He considered her She still seemed lost and save her an aard hug It wasn’t his nor, in fact But she’d wanted a hug in the past when she’d cried This he could do, he supposed

Maylee stiffened in surprise and then ainst him a moment later She was all warood she felt in his arms His hand rubbed her back, and he tried not to think about her being nad under the flimsy fabric of his shirt

Then he released her "Better?"

A giggle escaped her "I have to ader"

"It seeain, then bit her lip

"What?" he asked

The knuckle went back to her mouth, and she bit down on it "I don’t feel safe I’m sorry Could you check my room for me?"

He relaxed "Of course Go wait in ain "Butwhat if there’s someone in yours?"

She was in there earlier, wasn’t she? He didn’t understand this reluctance, but Griffin nodded and put an ar for her to move in "Come here, then Stay by my side"

Immediately, Maylee trotted to hiainst his side and her fingers went to the waistband of his sleep pants, as if she could somehow hold onto him in case he tried to escape her

It should have been irritating Griffin hated clinging, and he hated hovering Butfor soainst his side, warether, they checked out her rooh every cabinet, the closet, and even checking under the bed There was nothing Griffin checked her front door again and tested the locks twice, then latched the chain "From now on, you should keep this locked You can just exit out of lanced at the clock "It’s getting late You should probably head to bed"

Her face hite again but she nodded, releasing hiers slid away froret, which was foolish She was his assistant A very teain," Maylee told hiave him another smile, but it didn’t hold its normal brilliance "I really do appreciate it"

"I know," he said, his tone a bit ile at theher head off He gave her a quick nod "Get some sleep We have a full schedule tomorrow"

"Of course," she murave her another nod and retreated to his rooainst it for aheavily

Good God He should have been upset about the fact that the paps were all over hi into his assistant’s room to hash out a deal He should have been furious that someone had breached their privacy

But his brain kept focusing in on Maylee’s bare legs under the heainst his side, those fingers brushing against his waist as she held onto his pants

His ck was hard as a rock Griffin reached into his pants and adjusted hi down anytime soon, not with Maylee’s softness and near nudity in hisinto his roo her heaving brsts--

Griffin headed to the bathroom He shut the door, stripped out of his pants, and cli the water on hot, he soaped up his body for the second tian to stroke it, thinking of Maylee in his shirt Thinking of pushing her back on his bed and watching the fabric slide up, revealing the full length of her thighs, the pale floss between her legs that would be the color of her brows, and slick, soft lips waiting for his cock--

He caas pathetic that he had to jerk hiht of his assistant