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"I know" Iris let her feet drop, then stood and walked around his desk only to lean against it, stretching those sexy, lean legs in front of her

For a ht of her, all long liht of every ti that she was here, but… "I thought you had a job"

Her lips quirked up slightly "Iposition and quickly closed the distance between thes so that he stood in between therasped her hips Her exotic scent wrapped around hi him in the way only she could "Why would you do that?"

"I had some stuff to take care of without your interference I…arrived this htened on her hips "You’ve been here all day?" he rasped out He’d beenher all day and she’d been in the same city?

"Mm hmm I officially put in my notice to Harrison and I’ve had half a dozen job offers out here I’ve been interviewing all day"

"You quit your job?" He couldn’t hide his disbelief

"Yeah, but not to become Martha Stewart"

"I don’t want that" He never had And the idea of Iris as a doh Yeah, he wanted her safe, but he knew there was no way he could protect her 24/7 That was impossible and to attempt otherould be insanity Besides, Iris was pretty daht occurred to him "Who’d you intervieith?"

As she listed off six narowled Which just h "I haven’t taken any of them, but there are a lot of opportunities out here for ht," heaway from her and around his desk He pulled out the file he’d been holding on to and handed it to her

"What’s this?" Her pretty lips pulled into a thin line

"Read it"

She was silent as she flipped open the es After a few"Head of security?"

He nodded, unable to think of a single person he’d rather have for the job It was custom made for her "The job is yours if you want it The Serafina won’t be cohtI didn’t want to push you too hard and I never expected you to quit your job I hadn’t even decided if I was going to show you this or not"

"Are you kiddingopportunity" Her dark eyes lit up as she set the file back on his desk "I want it as long as you don’t try to e and we keep our personal life separate"

"I won’t be working directly out of the Serafina Yeah, I’ll have so, but security will be all you I know I said it but I didn’t expect you to quit Red Stone… Unless you take a te, I’d like for you to work for the next eight months with the head of security here Learn how casinos work The transition will be easier when--"

"Done I can start in teeks--once I’ve moved all s I need to take care of"

Wyatt scrubbed a hand over his face, unable to believe this was happening Still, guilt tugged at hiave him an incredulous look "No, I love you Imore Not to sound totally cheesy, buta year or however long flying back and forth seeing each other Don’t get , I knoe could do it, but I don’t want to I’ve spent too da from any kind of real attachment and you’re mine Wyatt Christiansen I want to wake up and see your face every fuckingeven harder "I love it when you talk like that" When he went to kiss her, she pulled her head back and put a hand on his chest

"The past teeks have been aso…"

"So…what?" He’d told her he loved her and hadn’t stopped showing her just howher Not where their relationship was concerned