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be able to defend myself. You are not going to be with me every day. I want to be able to take care of myself.” She looked at his big shoulders, reached out and touched his bicep and sighed. “Maybe, but I still want a small gun, just in case.”
    He pulled her in, “Let the team and I take care of this. We are going to protect you. I will protect you.”  
    He knew he was about to make a big mistake, but there wasn’t a thing he could do to stop himself. He lowered his head, looked her in the eye and let his mouth fall against hers. It was just a gentle kiss, nothing more than his lips pressed against hers. It was almost innocent. He lifted his head and looked at her, “I have been wanting to do that since I met you at the party yesterday. It was better than I imagined.”
    She could object of course, but it would be a lie. She completely enjoyed the kiss. It was like coming into fleeting contact with something powerful. Something that could burn if the contact was too close. “Is this your way of distracting me from my problems or showing me how you’re going to take care of me?”  
    He leaned in again, “Yes, this is my strategy.” He wrapped his big arms around her and dropped his mouth against hers again.  
    She could almost hear the hum of power coming from him. The side door opened and Frank walked in and started laughing. They pulled apart and her face turned a bright shade of red.
    “I thought you guys would at least wait until tomorrow before you started smooching. This is a place of business.” He laughed as he walked back into his office and closed the door.
    Max looked at her and shrugged his shoulders. “I bet he won’t come back in here. We can keep kissing.”
    She straightened her dress and shook her head. “Are you nuts? We can’t keep kissing. I am so embarrassed.”
    “Why should you be embarrassed? I’m the boss and I’m kissing a client.” He wrapped her up and gave her a hug. “It was unavoidable.”  
    He didn’t look smug. He looked serious, as if wild sexual attraction was the most dangerous thing on earth. It was a loaded grenade, in fact, and he was smart enough to realize it.  
    She looked up at him, “Do you kiss all of your distressed female clients?”  
    “No, you’re the first client that I’ve kissed. Let’s do it again.” He took her hand and tugged her down on the couch with him. He was about to kiss her again, but her hand on his chest stopped him. He leaned forward and she leaned back, “I will leave you alone for now, but we’re not done.”
    “Oh, I think we’re done for now.” She flipped her hair over her shoulder and tried to look stern. He smiled and shrugged his shoulders. Why did she feel like it was only a temporary reprieve? She liked to be in control and had a feeling that he did too.  
    “Would you like me to take you to your office for a couple of hours?”  
    “I guess. I can’t imagine getting any work done. It would probably be good to show my face, I can take a cab though. I’m sure you’re very busy.”
    “My priorities just got shifted around and I am at your service.”
    She gave him a searching look, “Thank you. It might be good if you saw my office and met Jackson, but I don’t want everyone to know what’s going on. How are we going to manage that?”
    “Don’t worry, they will just think I’m your new boyfriend. Nothing to worry about.”
    “Why would they think that?”
    “They’re going to see us together and recognize the arc of attraction between us. Then they’ll notice how close I stand to you and when I kiss you, there won’t be any confusion.”
    “I don’t have boyfriends - no one is going to believe that.”
    “Why don’t you have boyfriends?”
    “Because, I don’t.”
    “As clear of an answer as that is - I need some clarification.”
    “I don’t think you need to know about my love life. That’s not why I have acquired a stalker.”
    “Are you sure?”
    “Well of course I’m not