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He gave her an inscrutable look before ears back to the issue at hand “Those white-collar cri in a cell next to your run-of-the-uys’ defense attorneys to talk settlement”
“True, but, in this case, Kendall doesn’t want to ade of law enforceh His father had been a cop and Connor had in all likelihood worked with the police and prosecutors on numerous occasions on behalf of his clients
She added, “As I said, Kendall is a social cliht now his public relations firuided atte philanthropists”
“Is Kendall out on bail?”
“Yes”
“Okay, so Kendall is free to coo Unlike Taylor, who could, despite that, have so him out On the other hand, Kendall appears to be just a white-collar criet his hands dirty with death threats”
She gave hi on two major cases, so I have two defendants with ?”
He quirked a brow “What I’ is, put a lid on it, petunia Someone’s after you and we haven’t answered the hat, and why questions yet Until we do, it’s best if I stay here”
Stay here? Hadn’t they settled this last night? He was going, going, gone In fact, he should have been gone already If she wasn’t such a sucker for coffee—not to mention pancakes for breakfast—she’d have seen hio In any case, there were so in to count them
“You can’t stay here” She added a note of finality to her tone
“Can’t?”
“It’s not necessary” She added repressively, “I thought we’d settled this last night”
He glanced around in disgust “Wake up, princess You don’t even have an alarm system around here”
“I’ll have one put in”
He said dryly, “That’s exactly why I was hired” Then added, “But putting in a security system takes time Even a company like Rafferty Security needs a few days to do a job like this”
She should have seen this co pancakes The sneak “So, I’ll stay with…” Who? She searched her brain in a hurry Her parents? One of her brothers? The options weren’t enticing “My parents”
“Your parents live in Carlyle That’s going to be quite a commute” He folded his ar in for battle “And, let’s see…” He snapped his fingers “Oh yeah, if I were a cri to kidnap you, I’d absolutely love the chance to follow your car home fro”
“One of my brothers then Quentin, Matt and Noah all keep apartments in Boston”
“They’re often not even in Boston Ever since he got married, Quentin has settled down to domestic bliss in Carlyle with your friend Liz and their baby And Matt and Noah are often on the road for Whittaker Enterprises If you disappeared from one of their apartments, no one would discover it for hours, even a day or two”
She kneas right, but she rebelled at the thought No one, least of all her fauard would raise eyebrows at the DA’s Office She’d worked too hard at her career to have her credibility undere that had stalked her her entire life
Connor unfolded his aruard,” he stated ht be a problem for someone in your position”
“Thanks,” she said wryly, his perceptiveness taking her by surprise “At least you’re more reasonable than my family”
“So,” he went on, “that’s why I’ another option Namely, me All anybody else needs to know is that I’m a friend of the family who’s moved in with you for a while, maybe until renovations on my own place are done”
The e to keep a lower profile than a typical bodyguard, his offer was unwise Very unwise if last night’s kiss was anything to judge by “I thought we’d been over this No”
“I’ll pick you up and drop you off at work,” he continued unperturbed, “and, as an added bonus—” he gestured to their surroundings “—I’ll stay here with you”
“How nanimous of you”
He gave her a humorless smile “Don’t worry I’m house-trained and basically pick up after myself”
She rolled her eyes
He leaned in then, suddenly serious, his hazel gaze capturing and holding hers “This isn’t a game, Allison Someone has already vandalized your car and sent you death threats You don’t knohat he’ll do next”