Beloved Bodyguard by Bonnie Dee Read Free Book Online Page B

organization or person knows
details about your lives only a member of your household or someone
who’s been doing intensive surveillance could know.”
    A chill went through her. A spy in her own
home? “No one told me this.”
    “Your father didn’t want you to be
frightened.”
    “Well, I am now! I wish he’d respected me
enough to tell me the truth. And, hey, I would’ve been nicer to you
if I’d known this.” She smiled at Ja-hun through the flare of anger
she felt at her father. “Or maybe not. You’re kind of fun to
harass.”
    His lips curved slightly. She wanted to turn
that curve into a full smile.
    “You’re kind of fun to do a lot of things
with.” She set her breakfast dishes on the ground and leaned toward
Ja-hun, placing a hand on his thigh.
    The action didn’t make his smile grow wider.
Instead it disappeared and he started to rise.
    “Come on. I like you. You like me. We’re both
adults. Why can’t we indulge ourselves a little? Besides, if I’m
with you, I’m completely safe, right? So you’ll still be doing your
job.”
    He grabbed her hand, but instead of thrusting
it away, he held it. “Leelah…”
    “I know you think I’m a spoiled rich girl,
who just wants to have a fling with the hired help, but that’s not
what this is.”
    She grasped his strong, hard hand, pressing
it with her fingers, and gazed directly into his eyes, willing him
to listen. “I swear to you, I’ve never come on to one of my
bodyguards before, never imagined doing that, but with you… There’s
something between us, and you know it, too. Can’t you feel it?”
    Ja-hun paused before nodding once. “Which is
all the more reason I need to keep my distance.”
    “You’re afraid of falling in love?” There!
She’d said the word, put it out there for his examination and hers.
Was such a word even possible when they’d known each other barely a
week and apparently had nothing in common besides a healthy sex
drive?
    He pulled his hand away and rose from the
bench. “I’m afraid of you having a crush on a man who’s totally
wrong for you.”
    Leelah stood too, blocking his getaway. “Why
don’t you let me worry about that?” She moved in close to him,
chest to chest, her head tilted back so she could look into his
eyes. Her hands slid around his lower back and rested there. “If my
heart gets broken later, I’ll deal. I’m a strong woman. But for
now, come with me. I want to show you an even more private place in
my garden.”
    “Ah, Leelah.” The sound of her name was a
caress falling from his lips, and she knew she’d won this round. He
let her take his hand and lead him along the path to the gazebo in
the cool shade of the Baalong tree’s branches.
    Once inside the shelter of the building,
Leelah threw her arms around Ja-hun’s neck. “I’m irresistible,
aren’t I?”
    “You know you are.” He held her tightly,
hands cupping her bottom. “And I’m weaker than I ever knew.”
    “I admire weakness in a man when it works in
my favor,” she teased, rising up on her toes to reach his mouth.
She kissed him and didn’t have to work at getting him to respond
this time. His mouth meshed with hers, as hot and hungry as it had
been last night. Already, his movements and the taste and feel of
his mouth were becoming familiar. She loved the way he kissed, the
long, slow strokes that made her think about what else he might do
with that tongue.
    Melting against him, she gave herself over to
the pleasure of his mouth and the strength of his arms. If they did
nothing but stand here kissing all day, it would be fine with her.
But she felt his cock pressing against her and she wanted to
examine it as she hadn’t taken the time to last night.
    She pushed him onto one of the rattan chairs.
“Sit.”
    He obeyed without protest, dropping onto the
wide seat and pulling her onto his lap. She kissed his forehead,
eyelids, cheekbones, and jaw. She kissed all over his face and then
his neck as she loosened