Fighter Daddy: A Bad Boy Secret Baby MMA Sports Romance by Marci Fawn Read Free Book Online

know. I'm really worried about Raina, and I hired you because Mrs. Feston said you'd be up for it. But you can't protect her if you're not here. "
    "What incident?" I bark into the phone at the mention of Raina's name, feeling a weird surge of fear I don't normally get.
    Ed seems to really like taking dramatic pauses, but if he keeps this up, I'll knock some sense into him.
    " She says it's no big deal, but I know better. I think the guy who's been bothering her did something, but Raina won't tell me. "

    " H ow do you know ?" I demand. "Maybe she doesn't feel like talking to you."
    I expect pouting again, but Ed snaps: " I know. She doesn't seem like herself. "
    There's something in his voice that convinces me. Raina's in trouble. That bothers me a lot more than I thought it would. Dad called me last night to ask if I'd take a small job from a guy Raina's aunt knows. I was about to say fuck that , when he said it was Raina's boss. I took the job to fuck with her, but now it looks like I might be actually needed. Anger rises to the surface within me. I'm not sure why, but I can't stand the idea of someone fucking around with Raina. I want her for myself. Whoever is making her life miserable is going to regret that very soon.
    "I'll be there in a sec," I repeat to Ed and hang up.
    It's more than a second, but I do something I haven't done in a while and hurry. I don't know anything about this guy and whether he's even real, but I'm making it my business to find out.
    Mellina Fashion is in an ugly building, tall and square and oddly angled. But inside, that's a completely different world. I see a whole lot of talent moving around. Of course fashion houses have models in them. I have to take a minute to check it out. The view is not bad. Legs that keep going, asses barely covered in see-through panties, cleavages that go down like they mean it.
    I see them checking me out in return. A few wink at me and I grin back. Maybe this isn't a bad job after all. How do guys even work with all this around them? When I see one of them walk up to me, I snort. Right. Because they're not interested in what the chicks have.
    "Are you Lee?" the guy asks.
    "You Ed?" I ask back.
    "Yes," he says, obviously trying to hold onto his patience. "Come with me."
    He leads me up a small staircase to where elevators wait.
    "You understand that this is not, strictly speaking, an official work arrangement," he tells me. "I am doing this as a favor to Raina, but I can't exactly take this up to the board. So, I can't offer you any social—"
    "I don't care."
    He looks at me, eyes throwing daggers, but doesn't push it. We step into the elevator.
    "All right," he says coldly. "Good. I don't ask much of you, Mr. Mason. I see that you're a... capable man. All I want is that you keep Raina safe. Please don't be late again."
    I stare him down. He takes a step back, but there's not much more room to go.
    "We'll see," I tell him, shrugging. "Protecting someone has fuck-all to do with being here on your schedule. You think the guy will only attack her during business hours? I'll ask her about the guy and we'll figure this out. I'll be there when I'm needed, you pay me, everybody wins."
    The elevator stops at the sixth floor and we step out. Ed is a bit shaken. He's got some balls at least because he's still staring at me instead of averting his eyes.
    "Fine," he says and his whiny voice makes me grin. "I won't tell you how to do your job, Mr. Mason. Please keep it in mind that the guy we're dealing with is very dangerous."
    "Threatening a girl? Yeah, I bet he's a real tough guy."
    "Mr. Mason, Ricky Gerrard is anything but a joke."
    What do you know? The world is as small as they say.
    I know exactly how funny messing with that guy is. I've seen a few idiots go up to him and brag about this and that. Then I've seen pieces of them in alleyways once he's done.
    How the hell did Raina end up pissing off a guy like that?
    I tell Ed nothing and walk straight to where I see