“All right, then,” her father said slowly. He still looked suspicious, which proved he was smarter than Matthieu had given him credit for. Then he turned to nod at Ink and Matthieu. “You’re still ready to start immediately?”
“I am.” Matthieu stepped forward and held out his hand to Maya. “I am Matthieu Beaufort. Pleasure to meet you.”
He saw her glance down at his hand and swallow heavily. It took her a while to raise her hand and he quickly wrapped his around hers. Her hand was freezing and he frowned slightly. Why was she so cold?
It wasn’t that cold in here. Was it due to poor circulation? Or fear?
She’d been alone, without any allies in here before they’d come along. But he wouldn’t leave her alone with the wolves again.
Perhaps he wasn’t going to be as professional as he’d thought. Guarding Maya might be very different from all of his other jobs.
And he wasn’t certain if that was a good thing.
9
She was touching him!
She was touching the sexiest, most gorgeous man she’d ever seen. A shiver ran through her body as her skin felt like it was electric. Maya wanted more. She wanted him to wrap himself around her and never let go.
Swaying, she felt herself moving closer to him. It was like he had her under some sort of spell. Realizing what she was doing, she snatched her hand back.
Now she could never wash her hand again.
Idiot.
Taking a deep breath in, she let it out slowly.
“It’s nice to meet you, Maya.”
She nodded without looking up at him. If she tried to glance into that gorgeous face of his she knew that she’d be stumbling over her words and embarrassing herself.
Like she had yesterday.
She’d consoled herself yesterday by saying that she wouldn’t have to see him again.
Who knew he’d turn up in her family home?
And now he was going to be her bodyguard? This was . . . it wasn’t even something that she could make up.
What the heck was she going to do with him? How could he be her bodyguard if she couldn’t even look at him . . . could barely speak to him?
She just had to get out of here. Then maybe she could breathe a bit better. Could think.
“We need to talk about what you’re going to do,” her dad said. “How you will protect my daughter.”
“We can also help you find who is threatening you,” Ink said.
“No, no,” her dad said. “My detectives have that under control. Your focus should be Maya and her protection.”
“Understood,” Ink said. “But if you need our help we are here.”
“Good,” her dad said. “Now, how are you going to protect my daughter?”
“I’ll be staying with her night and day,” Matthieu said. “She won’t be out of my sight at any time. But I will need regular updates into the case.”
“Of course,” one of the other men said. “I’m Marlin. Maya’s older brother. I can keep you up-to-date on what’s going on. You will also need to contact me if anything occurs.”
Matthieu nodded.
