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“Take a breath and calm down, Atlee. Everything’s fine.”
I did as instructed but my heart still felt like it was punching me in the ribs.
God, I sucked at this.
“You should sit—” If Jack was going to say more the sound of the door opening silenced him.
Wilson came into view. His gaze sliced to me, angry eyes roamed my face. My concerned ones roamed his body, searching for signs he’d been hurt. Then I was on the move. I needed to touch him. I needed his strong arms around me. I needed him to tell me everything was going to be okay.
The second I got close he hooked me around the waist and pulled me to his chest.
Yes.
This was what I needed to calm down.
“You okay, princess?”
“I am now.” I blew out a breath and asked, “Are you?”
“Yeah, Atlee, everything’s fine.”
I nodded against his chest.
“She tell you what happened?” Obviously, Wilson was talking to Jack.
“Not yet.”
Wilson gave me a tight squeeze and kissed the top of my head before he unwrapped his arms and tagged my hand.
“Let’s sit down and you explain what the hell was going on when I showed up.”
That was a good idea. I only had a few hours to produce a house for Martin’s auction.
Jack set three bottles of water on the coffee table before he grabbed a chair opposite me and Wilson sat beside me on the sofa.
“Start at the beginning,” Jack prompted.
With Wilson next to me holding my hand I was able to get through the whole exchange.
Jack smiled when I told them the part about Louis’s outburst and how he was still ranting on the phone when I left. He frowned when I told them Mister wanted to go with me to view properties and Wilson’s hand tightened over mine. But neither interrupted nor asked questions until I was done.
“You’ve never seen the man before?” Jack inquired.
“No.”
“This is good,” Wilson rumbled.
“So you can find me a property for Martin?”
“Yes. And Asher’s flight lands in thirty minutes. Perfect timing for him to show up and play driver just in case Jack’s been seen by Martin or his entourage. It’s doubtful Louis has told Martin about this morning’s event but we need to play this smart. I’ll set up three properties for you to view. Asher will drive you and act as your bodyguard.”
I glanced over to Jack.
It was strange because Jack had only been protecting me for a day but I felt safe with him. I didn’t know Asher beyond meeting him a few times in Idaho. He seemed nice. His wife Sloane was great but still, my stomach felt funny.
“Asher will protect you,” Jack said as if reading my mind. “And I’ll be following. But Wilson’s right. If anyone’s watching you they’ve seen us together. Right now I could just be an employee of the casino or your man or a friend. It would raise unwanted questions if I was seen driving you to properties Martin asked you to secure for him.”
Okay. That made sense.
