CHAPTER 1

Nancy’s POVThe man in the gray suit had been staring at me for twenty minutes.I knew because I kept counting the seconds in my head. Pretending not to notice him took effort. Too much effort. My fingers were tight around my champagne glass, even though I barely drank from it. I smiled when I was supposed to. I nodded at the right moments. I tried to look like a normal student at a normal art gallery opening.But I wasn’t normal. And this wasn’t normal.The gallery owner was talking about my work, saying words like brilliant and insightful. Professor Chen stood beside me, clearly proud, her eyes lighting up every time she mentioned my name. I should have felt happy. Proud. Excited.Instead, my heart was racing so fast it scared me.The man wasn’t even pretending to look at the art.He stood near the big red painting on the wall, his hands clasped in front of him, his posture stiff and alert. His eyes never left me. Not once. It was like the whole room disappeared for him. Like I was

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CHAPTER 2

Nancy's POVThe man holding me made a horrible, wet choking sound.His grip vanished.I stumbled forward, catching myself against the cold concrete wall. My palms scraped it, skin burning, but I didn’t feel the pain right away. Everything was too loud. Too fast. My ears rang as I turned around.He was on the ground.His body lay twisted in a way bodies weren’t meant to bend. His neck was turned at a sharp angle, his eyes wide and empty. Dead. Just like that.A man stood over him.Tall. Broad shoulders. Solid. He moved like water, smooth and flowing, but every movement was violent. Deadly. Terrifying.And somehow… beautiful.The second man rushed him, screaming, knife raised high.The stranger didn’t step back.He caught the man’s wrist mid-air. Just caught it. Like it was nothing. Then he twisted.I heard bones crack.The sound made my stomach flip.The man screamed, a raw, broken sound that cut through the garage. The stranger already had a knife in his other hand—I didn’t even see w

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CHAPTER 3

Nancy’s POVThe footsteps stopped.My body jolted as he froze in place.Then I heard more sounds.Running.Many feet. Fast. Heavy.Voices shouting, but I couldn’t understand the words through the bag and my own crying.Suddenly, I was lifted again—but this time, gently.He pulled me off his shoulder and set me on my feet.The ground felt solid beneath me, but my legs shook so badly I almost collapsed. My knees threatened to give out.Hands still held me upright.Then the bag was yanked off my head.Light hit my eyes all at once.I gasped and blinked hard, tears streaming down my face, my vision blurry and unfocused. Shapes swam in front of me. Shadows. Movement.When my sight finally cleared, I looked up.I don’t know what I expected.Police.More men in masks.Maybe some dark warehouse or empty room where he was finally going to—But it wasn’t any of that.It was my father.My dad stood there like this was just another Tuesday.Marco Valentino—my father, the head of the most powerful

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CHAPTER 4

Nancy’s POV “Watch over me,” I repeated slowly. “You mean… following me?”“Protecting you,” my father corrected.“Following me,” I said again. “Watching me. Stalking me.”My father didn’t argue.Didn’t deny it.My stomach turned.“For three weeks?” My voice rose again. “For three weeks this man has been following me and I didn’t know?”“That was the point,” Zade said.I snapped my head toward him.It was the first time he’d spoken directly to me since my father arrived.“You weren’t supposed to know,” he continued calmly. “I was meant to stay invisible unless there was a threat.”“And tonight?” I demanded.“Tonight there was a threat.”“So you killed them.”“Yes.”Just one word.Yes.Like it meant nothing.Like three lives were nothing.I turned back to my father, my chest tight. “I already have bodyguards. Roberto. Marco. Tony. The others. Why do I need another one? Why do I need him?” I pointed at Zade.“Because Roberto and the others failed,” my father said, his voice turning cold

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บททั้งหมดของ BEAUTY AND THE BODYGUARD: DANGEROUS DESIRE BOOK 2: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 4

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4