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But there was souy that Chaz couldn’t quite put his finger on The man’s eyes were an unusual color, but it also could’ve been all that hair Chaz hadn’t really gotten a good look at hi a wary eye on that ain The ani the hallway that evidently led back to Sasha’s bedrooo pound on her door and de nu that size

A door opened soone back to tell Sasha of his arrival, the guy had straightened his clothes and combed his hair, which he noore back in a ponytail It looked better that way, but only inally Maybe Chaz should have a talk with Devlin Bane about enforcing a dress code And that he was even worried about son of how tired he was It had been years since he’d pulled an all-nighter

"Miss Willis will join us shortly Would you like a cup of tea or would you prefer coffee?"

"Coffee, Mr--I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your name"

"Larem Larem Jones"

"Well, Mr Jones, would you care to explain what you’re doing here? Forgivea bit pushy on the subject, but fathers are always curious when they discover a hter’s place"

And uy certainly had little in common with the men Sasha had dated in the past Still, a father had to wonder

Chaz drew souy wasn’t at home in Sasha’s kitchen He’d had to hunt for the coffee and then the sugar Good Finally, when the water was on to boil and the coffee pot was doing its thing, Lareh to talk

"I’ you’re here because of the incident Sasha was involved in yesterday Since Devlin Bane wasn’t sure it was an accident, he askedsos out of the fridge and began cracking the on the burner and started stirring

A few seconds later, he pointed toward the other end of the counter "You want to put bread in the toaster?"

Okay, so breakfast was going to be a teara took notice and didn’t particularly like it

Jones gave the dog the evil eye "Chance, stop it Mr Willis has every right to be here"

The dog backed down but still followed his every reat deal of suspicion Maybe Chaz would learnwith the easy ones

"Your dog is huge What kind is he?"

Larem looked up from the skillet "I don’t know Miss Willis adopted Chance fro"

A lump of disappointment settled in Chaz’s sto toThe thought ht she’d coents ordering her back to Missouri, there wasn’t much Chaz could do Besides, he wasn’t sure she’d even listen to hients would ever invite her to join their ranks

At the sound of a door opening down the hall, Chance lu like crazy Fro was already firmly attached to Sasha When she appeared in the kitchen doorway, he ood manners to sit down and wait for Sasha to notice hih he kept hi the toast, there was a new level of tension in the air The bodyguard’s reaction to Sasha’s presence was definitely interesting--and pretty da a quick pat "Good uy"

Then she walked over to kiss Chaz on the cheek "Hi, Dad What brings you here?"

He would’ve thought it was obvious Her cavalier attitude infuriated him, but before he could sputter out an answer, she’d alreadyon breakfast, but I woke up with quite an appetite thisof tea into her hands "I’d think that was norh since yesterday"

Sasha stared at the bodyguard over the ri that’s happened since yesterday could be classified as nor at the man that way? Chaz studied the interplay between the two of theiven situation, and what he was picking up right now really pissed hiuard last night to keep an eye on Sasha The real question was just how close he’d been to her while he carried out his duties

Larelass of orange juice for each of thear with your coffee, Mr Willis?"