Sweet Seduction ✔︎

|10| 𝑲𝒆𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 : 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍

Freya stopped at a red light, her heart hammering. She grabbed her phone out of her bag and called Anna.

“What?” her friend yelled. “Sorry, I can’t hear you. It’s really loud in here.”

“That guy Danny,” Freya said. “Did he say anything to you?”

“I wish,” Anna shouted. “I think he left right after you did. Why? Did you see him again?”

“No, but if he comes back to the bar, avoid him. He’s creepy.”

“Oh no. What happened? Are you okay?”

“I’m fine. Just warning you that I have a bad feeling about him. Stay safe.”

Freya ended the call, not wanting to upset her friends with details about the encounter. She drove home and hurried into her apartment, her heart rate calming only when she was back inside her familiar surroundings.

She undressed and took a hot shower, tilting her head up to the spray and letting the water wash away the unpleasantness of her day. She dressed in pink and black checkered flannel pants and a soft pink fleece decorated with little cupcakes.

When the knock came at her door, happiness lit inside her. She opened the door and stepped aside, letting her gaze roam hungrily over Gavin in his black shirt and trousers that fit his muscular body to perfection.

“Hi.” Her voice was breathless.

His gaze slipped over her appreciatively before he pressed a hard, possessive kiss against her lips. Pleasure zinged through her.

“How was work?” She closed the door behind him.

“We have a problem.” He set his steel briefcase on a table and turned to face her, his expression tightening behind his glasses.

Freya’s heart plummeted. “What kind of problem?”

He studied her, a crease appearing between his eyebrows. “What happened?”

“What?”

“Something upset you. I want to know what it is.”

Freya blinked. “Seriously? Are you psychic?”

He smiled faintly. “No. But I can sense when you’re troubled. And I hope you trust me enough to tell me why.”

She stared at the Knight Security logo on his shirt, remembering the past that had led him to form his own protective services company. This hardened soldier had built a career of keeping people safe. It couldn’t have been a more perfect fit.

She wanted desperately to sink into his arms and let him take her bad day away, but suddenly it seemed silly compared to everything he was dealing with. She was an adult who could handle a little unpleasantness by herself.

“It’s nothing.” She waved a hand, forcing a light note into her voice. “So what’s this problem you have now?”

He studied her for a moment, clearly not believing her dismissal, before turning to open his briefcase.

“I don’t like all the new changes to the layout, especially at this stage,” he said. “We need to get rid of several things that will pose a security hazard.”