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unlikely to want anything to do with a lowly bodyguard. Of course, there were the few who wanted to take a tumble between the sheets with a dangerous man, but they tended to have their curiosity satisfied fairly quickly.
    He’d left one-night-stands behind him sometime in his twenties. At thirty-eight he was extremely discriminatory with his choice of bed partner. He wasn’t in it just to get his rocks off. That type of dalliance left him unsatisfied and more often than not feeling selfish, used and disgusted with himself and the woman he was with. Might explain why he couldn’t remember the last woman he’d had sex with. If he had his way that dry spell was about to be broken, but not this weekend. Luc wouldn’t use their challenge to get Cassie into bed. No. When he slept with her it would be because they both wanted it with bone-deep need, not because either of them had ordered the other there.
    And the quicker they got this place cleared out the quicker he could work his magic and have her panting for him. He wasn’t delusional though, he knew full well that he’d be panting just as hard and looked forward to one very long weekend of temptation and anticipation with Cassandra Moreland.
    “I’ll get a couple of my men to give you a hand with the pack up,” he said.
    “What?” Cassie turned from the clipboard she was marking items off on. “My staff is more than capable of doing their job.”
    Luc smiled. “I didn’t say they couldn’t—”
    “Then don’t imply it.” She squared her shoulders as though preparing for a fight.
    He held up his hands. “Whoa. All I’m doing is offering to help.”
    “Then offer, don’t order.” Her mouth stretched into a straight line, her lips pressed together, and Luc wanted to lean over and tease his tongue along the seam until she softened and the harsh lines were plump and wet.
    “Fine.” He pulled his thoughts out of his pants and tried a different track. “It’s two-thirty a.m. Give yourself and your staff a break by allowing me and my men to help you finish out the night. I’m sure everyone is more than ready to head home. You’ve been here since two this afternoon.”
    Cassie’s eyes narrowed and she crossed her arms over her ample bosom, drawing his gaze. “Could you not ogle me while we’re arguing? And how the hell do you know what time I got here? Have you been spying on me?”
    Luc brought his gaze up to meet hers. “We’re arguing?”
    “That’s all you heard?”
    “Well, no, but it was certainly the part that got my attention. As for the other, no, you aren’t being spied on , but the McDermotts’ security is the highest priority and therefore anything pertaining to them I know about.”
    “Anything?” She arched a brow.
    “Yes.”
    “So you know that Lil quit modelling?”
    “Yes.” Luc quickly surveyed the space around them and judged the area safe. He knew he wouldn’t be telling Cassie anything Lillian McDermott hadn’t already divulged. “I also know all about her children’s clothing label, Lilli Pond, and next month’s launch of her signature fragrance, Golden Lilli.”
    “Oh.”
    “It’s my job, Cass. I take it and the safety of those under my protection very seriously.” He placed his hands on the counter and leaned closer. “Now, will you let me and my men help you? You can give us orders and I won’t even count the time towards our little weekend challenge.”
    She chewed the corner of her bottom lip. Her white teeth worrying the flesh until it turned a deep red caused Luc’s groin to tighten.
    “Fine. I could use some help loading these boxes into the back of the van in the driveway.”
    Luc smiled as satisfaction slid through his belly. She may not like taking his help, but she wasn’t stubborn enough to refuse it to prove a point. He just hoped the rest of their time together would run as smoothly.

Chapter Three
    Cassie lowered the box to the van floor and tried to ignore the ache in her back. She