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Chapter 8

Wyatt was conscious of everyone and everything as they entered the grand foyer to Forest’s home Iris held onto his ar Other than her security team and his most trusted people, no one actually knew they wereback he wondered if he should have courted her longer, given her a huge wedding that she deserved Of course she’d no doubt hate so like that Truth was, he would too He didn’t need soarish to show the world how much he loved her He’d just needed to lock her down

Not that it mattered She’d run from him At least she ith hi a for black dress covered with small silver bursts that rerace that had hiainst the nearest flat surface

But she wasn’t reh her expression was casual, he could feel the tension huh her as she spotted Keibler and the rest of his crew standing at the foot of one of the curving staircases that descended into the foyer Two h balcony above where the stairs joined They were no doubt armed Forest’s security Wyatt had seen them on multiple occasions with the man when he’d actually ventured out in public

Wyatt murmured that to Iris who only nodded "They’re in my files" Her lips barely moved as she spoke

Yeah, Wyatt didn’t doubt that Red Stone Security had extensive files on anyone and everyone he iven them all the information he could think of, but they had a lot of resources Which was one of the reasons he’d hired them

Keibler’s expression narrowed on Wyatt when he finally spotted hilance at Iris, then paused and practically undressed her with his eyes as he scanned her frouy for even looking at her that way, even though he couldn’t blame him She looked beautiful

"Breathe," Iris ht, his body coave hi at et under your skin"

Nothing ever got to him Until Iris He’d never cared if anyone looked at his dates Iris was different And she rong about why Keibler was looking at her, but she was right that he needed to breathe While Wyatt had more to offer Forest in this deal, Forest was also eccentric as hell He could decide to sell the company to Thorton Enterprises because he liked the color of Thorton’s tie Wyatt forced himself to relax

Iris leaned close until heraround them funnel out for a second He could drown in her scent, in the pure essence that was all her "I think the woman is part of his security Females in this business are rare so I’m surprised I don’t knoho she is, but she moves like a pro Maybe she’s new Either way, steer clear of her"

"You know you’re the only woman for me" His words were as low as hers

She quickly averted her gaze and sed hard "Stay close to us, we’re using the opposite staircase," she said quietly to her team

He belatedly remembered about her earpiece and that everyone had just heard what he said While her teaht know they were married, this was still her job It rankled him that she had to keep that cool façade up at all ti so on that level, he got why she was always professional Didn’t mean he had to like that he couldn’t pull his wife into his arms the way he wanted

As they headed for the west side staircase, Wyatt gave a brisk nod to the other group He knew Keibler would take offense and iht, but Wyatt was used to the other man’s paranoia

At the top of the stairs they were iuards he’d spotted when they arrived And twotoward the east staircase to stop the other group

After they were patted down and turned over their weapons--which could be retrieved when they left--Iris, Wyatt and the others were led down a long hallith intricately carved crowned s hanging every few feet Wyatt recognized inal Picasso’s--an artist he’d never learned to appreciate In his opinion, art should be appealing, not a visual nightroup was silent, but farther down the hall behind thehter fros when this bullshit could all be taken care of over a conference call Or a ht have hired Iris but now that they were actually out in public and the threat was loo could happen to her And he knew deep down he wouldn’t let her protect hi to protect her

There were two ht The dark-haired one on the left looked over the security tea manner, barely looked at Iris, then he focused on Wyatt "You can bring in one person"