The Plan

<p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Have you ever fake dated your bodyguard? I highly recommend it.</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Especially if he's anything like Erik Wilder: former football player world class know-it-all and unrepentant grump.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Trust me I know how that sounds. Despite all that this man ticks every single box I want ... ticked.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From the outside I get why we wouldn't make any sense. He's suspicious never talks about his past and has the comfort skills of a cactus. I'm a happily-ever-after kind of girl who knows exactly what she wants out of life. We're not oil and water-more like Erik is the fire and I'm a can of gasoline he wants at a safe distance.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>All it takes is one touch and I want all the heat he can give me. And I'm not the only one holding a match even if he won't admit it.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Erik's words might say that the lines have to stay firm between us but those dark eyes of his? They tell another story when he looks at me.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When our fake dating plan starts to heat up it's only a matter of time before that line between us is reduced to ash. I just have to hope my heart doesn't burn right along with it.</span></p>