บททั้งหมดของ Solid Steel (Unseen Enemy 6): บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

Selena signed her time sheet with a sigh of sheer exhaustion, got to her feet wearily. Thank Christ she’d gotten through another shift with Diana Keeler drunk off her face and being impossible to work with. The night before, Diana had barricaded herself in her bedroom and spent hours on social media, tagging herself in endless photos, changing her privacy settings to show her location, and posting her upcoming work and personal schedules. Stupid, reckless, dangerous stuff for a woman with a stalker.Griff was as done as she was, and was down in Dallas’ office right this second talking to the boss. They weren’t about to drop Diana as a client, Selena was sure, but it was time for Dallas to have a word with her about how she was compromising her own safety. And when the client’s safety was compromised, so was the safety of the people standing between her and a threat. Selena’s and Griff’s, and Sully’s and Mark’s too. They were the day shift and now, thanks to Diana, the world knew where

“You looking for loopholes that I may exploit, babe?” he teased her.“Yeah.” She disregarded the fact that she also really liked it when he called her ‘babe’. “So… you won’t come near me, won’t call me, won’t contact me in any way, shape or form. Right?”“Right.”“You won’t send me notes passed to me by Griff?”“What, like grade six math class, passing the cute girl notes? Nope, I won’t do that.” “Smoke signals?”He laughed again, and she found herself smiling back.“Nope.” He ran his hand through his messy dark hair. “No Morse code or flag semaphore or signal lights.”“Telepathy?”“Fuck, you’re adorable. Nah, babe. No telepathy.”She looked at him now, really considered his offer. She could run a six-minute-mile without any major effort, and she knew that Luke would never be able to keep up at that pace. His body was built for strength, not speed, and she would leave him in the dust. No debate and no doubt.So, yeah, if she took this deal, she’d kick his ass and then he’d leave her

He stroked the inside of her mouth slowly, loving the taste of her. She was minty and bright, so goddamn fresh and pure, and he was sure he’d never get enough of her. He lifted his upper body, moved up and over her trembling curves, took most of his massive weight on his forearms. His elbow brushed her full breasts and that was when she seemed to come back to herself. He silently cursed when she opened her eyes and blinked. God, he hoped she wasn’t going to pull away.She leaned away from him. “Luke…”“Yeah, babe?” He moved his fingers through her hair. “You OK?”“Me?” She shook her head, trying to gather her thoughts. “What about you? Your ankle…”“Is fine,” he said smoothly. “It always was.”She stared up at him. “It – what? It never hurt?”“Nope.” He grinned down at her. “I’m good.”Selena was trying to keep up. “You… you faked it? The fall and everything?”“Yep.” He ran one finger down her cheek, down her throat. “I wanted to kiss you but I couldn’t catch you. This seemed to be th

Startled again, she met his intense gaze. “No. Luke, no. Where did you get that idea?”“Griff. He said that you’ve been acting off since coming back from your six-week unexplained leave from work.” Luke hesitated. “He – he’s worried that something happened.”Right away, he knew that he’d made a huge mistake. She was enraged now and she shoved against him, hard. He moved away this time, not wanting her to feel trapped. He sat up and offered her his hand.Selena slapped it away, sat up on her own and glared at him. “You’re talking about me behind my back?” Her voice was almost a hiss. “Gossiping and speculating and talking shit about my personal fucking business?”“Hey, no. We weren’t –”“You were.”“Griff’s worried about you,” he said, trying to not sound patronizing. “He cares about you, and –”“This is why I didn’t say anything!” she burst out suddenly, catching him by surprise. “This is exactly why I didn’t want anyone to know…” She broke off again.He waited. “Know what?”“Nothing.

It was almost two o’clock in the morning when Diana decided that she wanted to go home. Sadly, she’d decided to not go alone. The guy that she’d picked up was the usual idiot: a tall, good-looking, rich idiot, to be sure. But still an idiot.Selena had already snapped a few pictures of him on her cell and sent it off to Solid Security’s twenty-four-hour IT team. Within ten minutes of getting the picture, they’d e-mailed Selena the idiot’s entire life. Seeing as he was a trust-fund brat with absolutely no real education or solid ambitions at all, it was not impressive reading, but there were no red flags, either.“So, green light on Casanova?” Griff said in Selena’s ear. “Yeah, I guess so,” she spoke back softly. “No way he’s our bad guy.”“OK.” Griff sighed. “So I guess we’re taking them back to her place.”“Yep. You ready to move?”Griff’s eyes were nailed on Diana and the guy as they sucked face like teenagers. “Oh, yeah. I’m so ready to get these two behind closed doors. Watching