Safekeeping

<p><strong>I don't need a bodyguard.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>My stalker is fake. I'm positive those letters were written by my controlling ultra-religious father so he'd have an excuse to hire someone to watch my every move. It's just my luck that he's a U.S. Senator and my new bodyguard is a Secret Service agent with one strike left.</p><p><br></p><p>It's worse luck that my new bodyguard isn't just hot he's... <em>nice</em>. Gabriel treats me like I'm more than a bargaining chip or a potential wife to do his cooking and cleaning. He laughs at my jokes. He listens to my opinions.</p><p><br></p><p>When he thinks I'm hurt he goes <em>ballistic</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>And when he catches me sneaking out of my family's house he keeps my secret. He even buys me a drink.</p><p><br></p><p>Just because he's sweet protective and fills out a suit like nobody's business doesn't mean I can trust him. He's still working for my father and his job is on the line.</p><p><br></p><p>If only that were enough to keep me from sneaking into his room every night. Now we're keeping a secret that could ruin us both.</p><p><br></p><p>I need a way out. He needs a way back in.</p><p><br></p><p>There's no way this can work but I've always had faith.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Safekeeping</em> was previously published as <em>Slow Burn</em> by Roxie Noir. The title and cover are different; the text is the same.</p>