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“I’ll see you home anyway, just to be sure”

He’d been hired to protect Rose, and he’d do just that Max’s gig with Cobalt & Dane Securitylad in Australia, but the job had come when he’d needed it most It was all he had His old career was in tatters, his fiancée was a distant memory and his best friend

Max sed He would succeed at this, and if that ainst her wishes, then so be it

“Whatever” Rose fished around in her bag and pulled out her car keys “If you want to waste your tiht ahead”

She ht past the reception desk to the elevators without waiting to see if he would follow Jabbing a finger at the button, she tapped one high-heeled foot while she waited

Max stood behind her, close enough to keep an eye on her but not so close as to encourage her to hurl any more insults at him

The elevator arrived and Rose stepped inside, head bowed as she tapped at her phone, ignoring him In the confined space, he could s floral and expensive It was probably soainst the elevator wall and crossed one sli over the other

You’re being paid to look after her, res is not in the job description

Sing, he studied the illuminated numbers at the top of the elevator door as they descended A soft ping signaled their arrival and Rose strode past hiainst the concrete floor Max could have picked her car out even without the telltale flashing lights when she hit the remote button

The shiny, lipstick-red vehicle stood out aray ex-NYPD sedans that belonged to the security company and its employees Condensation billowed as their breath connected with the cold December air

He got into his own car, a perfectly forgettable gunray Ford Crown Victoria As she peeled out of her parking space, he cranked up the heat and followed

The traffic was as thick as soup, but Rose’s bright car was easy to track even as she weaved fro was so else If it wasn’t for the fact that his job often required him to travel all over the state, he wouldn’t have bothered with a car Driving in New York was kind of like trying to befriend a cri of the taxis—or cabs as they liked to call the his shoulders to bunch around his neck

Some days he really missed Australia, but he tamped down the useless sentimentality and the inevitable torht of home