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The police were still working the neighborhood but the eo Callum drove Hazel in silence to her aparted for someone to take her car in for repairs She had left a key under the ht drive a Mercedes but it was the lower endtime for a decent down payet by So far, being a personal chef didn’t earn her huge inco up but she wasn’t quite there yet
When they arrived at her aparto around to the back
The first floor of the older building was a charn on the door, four old-fashioned, sainst theThe main feature was the display caseand, of course, the kitchen The owner of Jasest batches there for a modest fee
After Callu space up the iron stairs Unlocking her apartht and entered, Callum behind her “It isn’t ” She didn’t knohy she felt the need to explain that
Callu around
“Whenfor a house, but I also want e education”
Hazel found herself looking at hied, stubbly jaw, his thick, reddish-blond hair Her gaze ht blue eyesand stayed He had been watching her study his face and now his eyes flared with so more than friendliness A spark of heat flashed inside her
How could just a look do that to her? Did he feel it too? Granted, he was hot, but she had seen other attractive men, and none of them had caused this reaction
“So, you’re an ex-Navy SEAL and now you’re a bodyguard,” Hazel said by way of breaking the aard hter, I should know more than that about you”
“I’m surprised that’s all you know about me,” he said “I am, after all, a Colton”
The nah “I may have heard the name before I haven’t lived here my whole life”
“Given the news lately, you probably have Payne Colton is my father”
Hazel searched herstuck “I’m sorry I don’t watch the news I try to keep it away from Evie I don’t think it’s healthy for a five-year-old to hear aboutpoliticians And besides that, I have a very busy schedule We do watch a lot of fah” She sht have to introduce us to Blake Reynolds”
He chuckled “I can’t believe it”
What couldn’t he believe? That she didn’t watch the news or that she didn’t know hi about being a Colton, just surprised she hadn’t heard of them