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Chapter 58: Who needs a fancy wedding?
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Aegis Group Chapter 59: Epilogue
Six months later.TRAVIS JOGGED UP THE porch stairs, keeping on the balls of his feet and avoiding the squeaky board. Bliss wasn't expecting him home until tomorrow morning. These moments, coming back to the little two-bedroom house they shared, were the best. Second only to the hours of lovemaking that followed. Things weren't perfect, but they were making the best out of what they had. And it was a hell of a lot more than he'd ever expected.He disabled the security through his phone app and let himself in the front door. For a second, he stood on the little rug and listened. Music played softly from the spare-room-turned-office, and over that he could hear her humming.There wasn't an aspect of his life Bliss hadn't touched. From redecorating the boring house to his taste in food and music, she'd changed him. For the better. His life wasn't just work anymore. And though the long hours, days, and sometimes weeks apart sucked, he always got to come home to this.His home. With
Aegis Group Chapter 60: When she needs help she comes to me.
Volume 2: Dangerous in TrainingMason Clark hefted his workout bag from the back seat of his pickup truck and headed into the land of temptation. He blinked and rubbed a bit of the grit from his eye. After a two-week gig playing bodyguard with the Aegis Group team to the sandbox and back, he was ready to slip back into his Central Standard Time habits. Which always started the same.Up early to the gym, where he would spend an hour thinking of ways to keep to himself and not talk to her.Hannah Stevens. His former physical therapist. The woman with the magical laughter. And the one woman he had to stay away from per his commanding officer's orders, who also happened to be Hannah's over-protective father.Mason checked in at the front desk, stashed his stuff in the locker room, and hit the elliptical for a short warm-up. The morning news played a reel of hopped-up bullshit that didn't matter to a handful of people who didn't care.His joints were stiff after back-to-back fl
Aegis Group Chapter 61: There's just something about him.
Hannah wrapped Mason's hoodie around her, soaking up his smell, the warmth still clinging to the soft cotton. She could still remember the first day she met him, grumpy and ready to bite someone's head off. Despite his grumbling he worked hard to get the mobility back after his ACL surgery. They'd been friends-or something like it. Granted, she'd never wanted to be friends with Mason.There was something about him...Why did it have to be Mason?Why couldn't she have developed a thing for someone else?Hannah had considered the very real possibility that she was broken. That maybe she just wasn't equipped for romantic relationships. And then she met him, and her body had woken up with a vengeance."What have you been up to lately?" he said, as though he knew she was thinking about him."Not a lot. Working mostly. You?" She twisted to face him, taking sick pleasure in the opportunity to just look at him. Mason Clark was a bear of a man, big and muscular. Yeah, he could be gr
Aegis Group Chapter 62: Building walls.
Mason slung two garbage bags of what he suspected were clothes over his shoulder and pushed the truck's door shut.This was the last of it.Six hours, four vehicles loaded to bursting, and buckets of sweat later-Hannah was safe.He trudged up the stairs to her new rental, a two-story condo in the better part of town, and let himself in through the front door. Zain, Travis and Ethan had taken off, leaving Mason on his own to finish unloading. From their long, hard looks, he knew he was in for it. Once Mr. Stevens got back, Mason would be lucky to come out of this with just a new asshole. There wasn't a single one of the guys willing to cover for him, not that he expected them to. No, he'd pay for this little stunt all on his own, because it was better for Mason to get chewed out than for Mr. Stevens to put another brick in the wall he was building between himself and Hannah.He could still smell the sweet mint gum Stevens had chewed that first day Mason was going through his int
Aegis Group Chapter 63: Between a rock and a hard place.
Mason stood there, caught between what he wanted and what he knew he should do.Hannah turned, her forehead wrinkled, and her eyes narrowed. Distrust, anger, hurt, and more sadness. Because of him. Because she couldn't trust him to be there when he'd led her on, because for the better part of a year they'd danced around this spark, this pull between them.Mason took a step toward her, and then another. He needed to touch her, hold her, tell her he'd figure it out. That there was a solution out there. Anything to make her smile. He wrapped an arm around her waist and she moved, lifting up on the balls of her feet. In that moment he knew he was about to take a critical hit, the likes of which would ruin him forever-and he didn't even try to dodge it.Hannah's lips were soft and the hands she wrapped around the back of his head were unyielding. She kissed his mouth, suckling his lower lip, teasing him. Mason wasn't strong enough to resist her. He'd held onto his resolve for months,
Aegis Group Chapter 64: Nothing like girl talk to sort things out.
Hannah flopped on the sofa, cradling her plate of pizza to her chest. The butterflies had finally settled enough she could eat."Okay, spill." Her roommate, Melissa, settled on the other end of the couch.Deciding where to put the furniture had taken way too much time, and Hannah was starving. They'd known each other for years, thanks to a forum for pastors' kids Hannah had frequented in high school."You've been moony and breathy and weird since I got home. You got your stuff, I see. How'd that go down?" Melissa bit off a bite of pizza, watching Hannah closely."Bad-good-weird. I asked Mason for help." She nibbled on a slice while Melissa sputtered into a napkin."What? Mason? The Mason?""Yes.""What the hell? Spill!""I just-I knew Dylan was not going to cave, so I figured I needed someone big, bad, and scary. I was at the gym, I'd finished with my client and...Mason was there. So I asked. I mean, I didn't have another plan.""And he helped, and then what? Is this
Aegis Group Chapter 65: Facing the music.
Mason pushed the door to Zain's lair open. It was really their Intelligence and Technical department, both of which were under Zain's purview."Dead man walking." Gavin pushed his chair into Mason's path."Go type something." Mason shoved the chair and kid out of his way and kept going to the office in the back. Sweat broke out along his spine and his throat was a little dry. It was well and all to talk a good game when Hannah was in front of him, it was another to set about on a plan of insubordination.Zain stood behind his desk, studying a tablet screen Mason couldn't see. Zain glanced at him and nodded. Mason closed the door and took a seat, tapping out his frustration on the arm rests. Being Zain's cousin wouldn't get him anywhere, and Mason didn't expect Zain to stick his neck out for him, either. From beginning to end, this was Mason's mess."So, Hannah?" Zain didn't look up."Yeah, what was I supposed to do?" Mason laced his fingers together to keep from fidgeting. It
Aegis Group Chapter 66: Obvious attraction.
Hannah leaned across Mason, her breast brushing his arm. Her body tingled at the accidental touch, far too aware of him, the space he took up, and that he hadn't said a single thing to her since take-off. She took the soft drink from the flight attendant, her smile firmly in place.She would not blush.She wouldn't do it.It was an accident.But it was him.And she had the most extreme reactions to anything involving this man.There was the tiniest flex of Mason's muscles, but it was the set of his jaw that gave him away. Melissa had tried to explain the kind of power that gave a woman, but words were nothing in comparison to the giddy thrill of knowing.Other men had been attracted to her over the years, though never at the right time or when she was interested in them.Mason liked her.He wanted her.And she knew it.So why the silent treatment?"Sleep okay?" she asked."Yeah. You?""Barely slept. I was up unpacking and packing." Well, at least he hadn't f
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