Seducing the Bodyguard by Capri Montgomery Page A

turned, smiled sweetly and said. “I’ll pass.” She turned once more to leave and before she could clear the room she heard him say, “some other time then,” as if he were so sure that time would come. She was in deep trouble here. She hadn’t had this type of reaction, this type of feeling, for a man since Darryl. She had sworn to herself that she wouldn’t let it happen again. She had sworn that she would never allow any man into her world again and for a long time that promise hadn’t been compromised. But now, this man, Harrison Sinclair, was trying to break down her walls, the barriers she constructed to keep her heart safe—and maybe what scared her most is that he was the first man, in years, who had even come close to doing just that. If she didn’t find his stalker and rid him of the headache soon she just might risk everything—and she couldn’t let that happen. She wouldn’t let that happen. Her duty now took on more than just protecting his finely tuned body; it now included finding his stalker and ending her game.
    “You know you promised to show me some new techniques for fighting.” Harrison’s deep tone echoed in her room. She knew she should have closed the door.
    “When would you like to begin?”
    “Today,” he said. “Tonight. Your body, my body…a little one on one.”
    “Fine,” she kept her tone neutral even though the thought of being one on one with Harrison’s body had heat rushing through her own body. “After dinner,” she confirmed.
    “And before bed,” he grinned before walking away. She might have the market cornered on kicking his butt, but he was by far winning in the leaving her speechless category.
    “Get your head on straight, Valencia,” she admonished herself. “He’s just a man. Don’t screw up,” or him for that matter.

 
    Chapter Five
     
     
     
    H arrison sat back in the theater chair and thought about this morning, the moment he felt compelled to reach out and touch Valencia. He just couldn’t resist the urge to feel her smooth skin beneath the pads of his fingertips. He was starting to realize that seducing Valencia wasn’t going to be an easy task. She wasn’t completely immune to him. He could tell from the way her pulse quickened underneath the caress of his thumb. She felt something; he was sure of that. But when it came to her stance on business only she was as unyielding as a stone wall. Fortunately, even a stone wall couldn’t stop a man from penetrating the fortress he craved. His problem wasn’t whether or not he would eventually win in his seduction. He was fairly confident that he could. His problem was that he, in such a short time, was starting to think he wanted more than just one night of Valencia straddled his body with him firmly implanted within her warm chamber. He was starting to think he wanted more, a lot more, than just sex, and that scared him.
    In all his years he had never been the man to want a long lasting relationship. It wasn’t that he was a male slut. He dated, he had sex, he didn’t exactly fall into bed with any woman, but he never thought he wanted more than the fun of the relationship. When the fun stopped it was time to go. He had seen his dad hang onto an already loveless relationship; and he had seen how his infidelity while trying to keep up appearances had rocked two families to the core. He didn’t want that. Right now, however, he thought he wanted more than fun with Valencia. He wanted to know her, to understand her, to hold her. He wanted to know who she was, what made her so strong and skilled as a fighter. He wanted to know why she became a bodyguard. He wanted to know if she had family, a brother, maybe a sister, or even if her parents were still living. He wanted to know where she went to school, where she had traveled, and what she liked for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
    He slapped his hand to his cheek.
    “Are you okay?” She looked over at him. She wanted to know if he was okay. Sure