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“I meant the sofa converts into a bed. If you’re scared, I’m happy to play guard and protect you until morning comes.”
Oh. Her hands fell. “That is kind of you.”
“Right. Kind. Goodness and light. I am all that is upright and upstanding in the world.”
She heard the mockery. Didn’t like it. “You just told me you were dangerous. Trouble.”
A shrug. “Can’t a guy be all those things? I’m different, with different people.”
She had the feeling that he might just be serious.
“For example, someone who wants to hurt you? I’m the most dangerous asshole that fool will ever face. No one hurts you on my watch.”
“Why would you care so much about me?” They’d gotten back in each other’s lives hours before. For all intents and purposes, she was a stranger to him.
A stranger he seemed to know far, far too well.
“You ever have one good thing?” Beau asked her.
She had no clue what he meant.
His laughter came again. Low. Sexy. “Of course, you have lots of good things. You do your charity runs. Raise money for sick kids. You volunteer to build houses for disabled veterans. You have all kinds of good things in your life. You do good things.”
“How do you know that stuff?” Way too much about her. Butterflies fluttered in her stomach.
Instead of answering, Beau told her, “I don’t do a lot of good things. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no Everett Thomas. Not like I do the worst shit imaginable. But until the night I met you, let’s just say that good wasn’t a vocabulary word I knew.” He rolled back his shoulders. “You are my good thing. I look at you, and I know that I’m more than the world thinks I am. You matter. You are my good thing. And I’m not going to let some prick terrorize you.”
You matter. “So, what, I should consider myself under your protection or something like that?” Avalon laughed.
He did not. “You’ve been under my protection for quite some time. Consider it seriously amped up until I find out who the hell was driving that car tonight—and I destroy him. I will destroy him. That’s a promise.”
She could not move.
His hand rose and his knuckles brushed over her cheek. “This hotel has the best security in town. This suite has the best security in the hotel. No one will get up here. I know the security guards on staff, too. I’ll make sure they are keeping a very close watch on the cameras for this floor. You will be safe here.”
And that explained why he’d insisted on the presidential suite.
“Want me to stay?”
She opened her mouth. Almost said yes. But there was too much work for her to do. Too many alarms ringing in her head. “No.”
“Too bad. I would have very much enjoyed spending the night with you, Avalon. Fantasy fulfilled.”
He had not said?—
He was heading for the door once more. She rushed to follow him. Her fingers grabbed the doorframe and held tightly to it as he walked over the threshold. He didn’t look back as he strode down the hallway and headed for the elevator.
He’d been right. The floor was very secure. Only the presidential suite was on this level. A big, massive suite.
With the equally massive grand piano. “You know I play the piano.”
He didn’t stop.
“You know I play the piano just like you know where I volunteer.”
“Lots of people play the piano as a way to unwind. You had a tough night. You might want to de-stress.”
Sex is great for de-stressing. Her lips clamped together so she would not share that fun fact.
