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I ran from him once.This time… he’s not letting me go. He’s my fake boyfriend, my last hope… and the man I was too scared to keep. Miller Brody is powerful, possessive, and completely out of my league. One perfect night was all it took to ruin me, and one moment of doubt sent me running. Now my world is falling apart, and he’s the only one who can fix it. Miller doesn’t just step in. He takes over. He pulls me into his life, his home, his arms, and tells the world I belong to him. It’s fake. It has to be. But the way he touches me feels real. The way he looks at me feels dangerous. And the way he says mine… it feels inevitable. I tell myself I won’t fall for him again. Because if I lose this, I won’t just lose him.<br />
I’ll lose everything that matters<br><br>*************FULL BOOK START HERE*************<br><br>CHAPTER 1<br><br>LINDSEY<br><br>I’m packing up my gear, fumbling the whole time.<br />
<br />
I do this every day. Sometimes even more than once. But today, nothing is going like it should.<br />
<br />
I don’t even have to look up to feel his eyes on me.<br />
<br />
It was supposed to be a quick photo. As a matter of fact, I was told he demanded that it not take up more than three minutes of his time.<br />
<br />
Well, his photo shoot was at ten a.m. this morning, and he’s still here at five o’clock.<br />
<br />
Miller Brody is known for being aloof. He’s a lone wolf, and word on the street is he’s close to no one except his family. Of course, there are other rumors. I heard a few more today. Some of the women I photographed made no effort to hide how much they wanted him. One even hinted—boldly—at just how good he is in bed.<br />
<br />
Just hearing that made my heart rate pick up. Jealousy. Pure and simple.<br />
<br />
It’s crazy. I don’t know this man. I’ve only seen him in pictures until today. But there’s something about him that brings out a possessiveness in me that I didn’t know I had.<br />
<br />
The man that has watched me all day rises from his seat in the corner. Sometime during the day, he’d uncuffed his sleeves and rolled them up, baring strong forearms covered in ink.<br />
<br />
He removed the tie and undid a few buttons, and there are more intricate black lines on his neck. Everything in me wanted to point my camera at him, but I withheld.<br />
<br />
As soon as he rises, the staff approaches him, seeing what he needs. It’s like everyone is attuned to him, wanting to please him, and when a young blond woman with perky breasts licks her lips and asks him if she can get him anything, I know exactly what’s on her mind.<br />
<br />
I lower my gaze to my camera. Just pack up and get out of here, Lindsey. There’s no reason to stick around and see which woman he chooses to take home with him today.<br />
<br />
I try to ignore the whole situation… until those tattooed forearms I’d been drooling over are right there in front of me. “Lindsey.”<br />
<br />
His voice is gruff, and I swear I feel a rumble in my lower belly.<br />
<br />
I look up. His large fingers are stroking his beard as his gaze pierces me. I lower my eyes. “How can I help you, Mr. Brody? Were you not happy with the pictures?”<br />
<br />
He takes a step toward me. “I didn’t see them.”<br />
<br />
I look around for my assistant that was hired for the day, but he’s nowhere to be found. Probably left as soon as he packed up my gear. Everything is stacked up, and I realize I’m going to have to lug it all out to my truck. Oh my God, this day is never going to end. “I’m sorry, Mr. Brody. My assistant was supposed to⁠—”<br />
<br />
Miller pops his shoulders. “He tried. I didn’t want him to show me. I want you to show me.”<br />
<br />
My mouth falls open. Is this some kind of rich thing? You don’t let the help near? My lips purse in anger. I have thought a lot of things today, but I didn’t expect Miller Brody to be a stuck-up snob. “Right, well, let me show you.”<br />
<br />
He points at my mouth. “What are you thinking right now?”<br />
<br />
I hold my camera between us. “Excuse me?”<br />
<br />
He lifts his hand and smooths my cheek softly. I should pull back from his touch, but I’m too surprised to move. “You’re mad… Why?”<br />
<br />
I shake my head. “I’m not mad.”<br />
<br />
He smiles softly. “Lindsey, I’ve watched you all day. When you’re pleased with a photo, your eyes sparkle. When someone annoys you, you get a line between your eyes. When you’re jealous, your face flushes and you look away.” He smiles as he says that one and then strokes my cheek again. “And when you’re mad, your mouth tightens.”<br />
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He’s my boss.<br />
My second chance.<br />
And the man who’ll never forgive me.<br />
<br />
Two years ago, I ruined everything.<br />
One mistake, and Logan Brody walked away without looking back.<br />
<br />
Now I work for him.<br />
Same piercing stare. Same clenched jaw.<br />
Same hands I still dream about.<br />
<br />
He keeps his distance. Keeps his walls high.<br />
And makes it painfully clear—I’m the last person he wants near him.<br />
But his silence says more than words ever could.<br />
<br />
His gaze is a warning. His touch is a dare.<br />
When he finally kisses me, it feels like a promise—and a threat.<br />
<br />
I came back to make things right.<br />
But the past I ran from isn’t finished with me yet.<br />
And this time, losing him might not be the only thing that breaks me<br><br>*************FULL BOOK START HERE*************<br><br>CHAPTER 1<br><br>LOGAN<br><br>I can’t keep putting it off.<br />
<br />
I haven’t been back in the office since the day I found out my business partner hired my ex-girlfriend. I’ve kept busy, taking on assignments that take me as far from Whiskey Run as I can get. But my business, Stronghold Security, won’t survive with a boss that never comes in, so I’m going to have to face the music and walk into the office. Even if every time I look at Bree, my heart cracks a little wider. And even if seeing her that first day made me realize I’m not over her. Fuck, nowhere near it.<br />
<br />
I look up at the new sign for the business. Stronghold Security. It’s big, bold, and lit up on Main Street. Zach and I talked about the design, and I knew it was coming, but seeing it now really makes me feel that it’s all coming together. He told me in an email last week that Bree had been working on it and it would be up this week. Hell, every email I get from him mentions something about Bree. There’s no escaping her.<br />
<br />
I get out of my truck and take a deep breath. It’s still dark, and there’s at least another hour before the sun rises, but Bree is already here. I had hoped to get here and go straight to my office and shut the door. Hell, I’d planned to stay there all day if it meant I could avoid her.<br />
<br />
As I look into the big bay windows, I see her already stationed at her desk. She has her hair in curls, and it’s hanging over her shoulders. My jaw tightens as I think about our time together. It was two years ago, but it might as well have been yesterday. We met in the produce section of some bodega in New York. I was on an assignment with the Ghost Team, and I was happy to be on a mission in the States instead of overseas. I remember looking up from the apples and there she was, reaching into a stand-up cooler for a drink on the top shelf. Her back was to me, and as my eyes traveled down her body, I knew in that instant that she was going to be mine. Her curvy body and luscious ass had me taking a step toward her, wanting to block her from the sight of any other men. I didn’t know anything about her. Hell, I hadn’t even seen her face, but I’d never reacted to a woman like this in my life, and I knew she was meant to be mine.<br />
<br />
And when she turned and gave me an apologetic smile, asking me to reach something for her, I knew in that moment that I would go to the ends of the Earth for this woman. She’s beautiful in a way that takes your breath away, and I felt like a fool as I just nodded and pulled out the drink she wanted. I held the bottle out to her, but I didn’t let it go. I remember the urgency I felt, as if letting go meant she’d walk away from me and I’d never see her again.<br />
<br />
“Hi,” I stuttered.<br />
<br />
She bit her plump lip, her smile widening. “Hi.”<br />
<br />
”Go to dinner with me.”<br />
<br />
I realized after I said it that it was more of a demand than a request, but she didn’t even blink. It was almost as if she was feeling everything I was feeling. She looked down at her sweatshirt and leggings and then back up at me. “I can’t go like this. I just got out of a workout class, and I should shower.”<br />
<br />
My legs almost buckled just thinking about her in the shower. I cleared my throat. “You look beautiful. And…”<br />
<br />
I paused because I knew that the words that were about to come out of my mouth were too controlling, too possessive, just too much. Hell, I still didn’t even know her name at that point, and I was about to tell her that there was no way I was leaving this store without her.<br />
<br />
She lifted her chin at me curiously. “And what?”<br />
<br />
I clenched the bottle in my hand to stop from reaching for her as the words tumbled from my lips. “And I don’t want to let you out of my sight.”<br />
<br />
She blinked up at me, and I continued. “I figure you’re not going to tell me where you live just yet… not until we know each other better. And I don’t want to let you go until I know everything there is to know about you.”<br />
<br />
I fully expected her to walk away or even call the cops. We didn’t even know each other. It was a big city, not like Whiskey Run, where everybody knows each other. She surprised me, though, and just shrugged. “There’s a great Italian place just around the corner. Does that work for you?”<br />
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He’s my brother’s best friend.<br />
My childhood obsession.<br />
And now… my bodyguard.<br />
<br />
Zach Campbell is assigned to protect me from a stalker.<br />
He looks like he stepped off a movie set—smoldering eyes, chiseled jaw, and body made for sin.<br />
The kind of man who belongs on a magazine cover. Not in my kitchen.<br />
But behind the perfection is a man haunted by guilt—dark, quiet, and always shadowing his smile.<br />
<br />
He’s supposed to keep me safe. Not pin me against counters. Not steal the air from my lungs with one look.<br />
But the second he walks through my door, everything changes.<br />
<br />
He watches me like he owns me.<br />
Touches me like he’s dying to sin.<br />
And when he finally kisses me?<br />
I’m ruined for anyone else.<br />
<br />
He says he’ll protect me at all costs…<br />
<br />
But it’s not the stalker I fear.<br />
It’s losing the only man I’ve ever wanted<br><br>*************FULL BOOK START HERE*************<br><br>CHAPTER 1<br><br>ZACH<br><br>The last time I saw her, she was a kid. She was a tomboy who trailed after her five older brothers and swore to anyone that would listen that she was going to marry me someday.<br />
<br />
I was a twenty-something-year-old and was too busy and too dumb to pay her any real attention.<br />
<br />
Now her older brother, my best friend and business partner, wants me to protect her.<br />
<br />
“Check your phone,” Logan orders me.<br />
<br />
I hesitate. My gut has never steered me wrong, and right now it’s screaming that this is something big and not to be taken lightly. I should hand this job off to Alex. He’s solid. He’s a good bodyguard and has plenty of military experience.<br />
<br />
Even though I know I shouldn’t, I open the video Logan just sent me, and immediately I forget how to breathe.<br />
<br />
The woman staring back at me is not a kid. She’s a grown, curvy woman. She has her hair twisted up in a messy knot, flour on her cheek, and she’s giggling at something off camera. For the first time in my life, I can’t look away from a woman.<br />
<br />
A thousand questions go through my head, but I know I can’t ask Logan any of them. He’s overprotective of his sister.<br />
<br />
I can just imagine how it would go if I asked him if she was single.<br />
<br />
“Zach,” Logan says.<br />
<br />
I force my eyes off my phone and look at my friend. “What does she need protection for?”<br />
<br />
Logan growls. “She’s been doing these silly videos, and now she has a stalker.”<br />
<br />
My heart starts to race, my blood starts to boil, and I’m fighting to remain calm. I start to ask and then stop and clear my throat before trying again. “What do you mean a stalker? And what is this?” I ask, holding up my phone.<br />
<br />
Logan shakes his head and waves his hand around. “It’s ClipClap.”<br />
<br />
I am trying to keep the frustration out of my voice, but it’s getting hard. “Logan, I know it’s ClipClap. I know what ClipClap is. I mean, what is it? Does she do videos like this all the time?”<br />
<br />
He rolls his eyes. “It’s her job… I mean, that’s how she makes her money, and no matter what my brothers or I say, she won’t quit.”<br />
<br />
I cross my arms over my chest. “What do you want me to do? Find the stalker and neutralize him?”<br />
<br />
He blows out a breath. “If only it was that easy. I’ve had the team working on it, and they said that whoever it is has a VPN set up, and we can’t trace the IP address.”<br />
<br />
I turn away from Logan and walk over to the big window. Logan knows me, and there’s no hiding from him, but the last thing I need is for him to know I am attracted to his sister. “So what’s the plan?”<br />
<br />
I can hear the frustration in Logan’s voice. “I have to finish this last mission for Walker. I don’t have a choice, but I can’t just leave my baby sister unprotected.”<br />
<br />
I’m taking the job. I took one look at her and decided that, but I don’t want to seem too interested. “Logan, we’re just getting Stronghold started. We have so much to do and⁠—”<br />
<br />
“Miller is paying the bill. He put up two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to keep our sister safe.”<br />
<br />
I turn and look at him in shock. I know Miller. He’s Logan’s older brother, and I knew he had money, but I didn’t realize he had that kind of money. “Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars?”<br />
<br />
He shrugs. “He’s a millionaire. He wanted to invest in Stronghold, and when I told him I wanted to do it on my own, this was his way of keeping our sister safe and helping me out.”<br />
<br />
I think about my sister Abby. If she was in danger, I would do—or pay—whatever necessary to do to make sure she was safe.<br />
<br />
We’re a start-up. We really aren’t in a position to turn down paying cases, but getting paid for this doesn’t sit right with me. “I’m not taking any money. I’ll do it for free.”<br />
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