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    As they stepped into the elevators, he put his arm around her and whispered in her ear. “I’m your 24 hour protection until we catch this guy; I go where you go.” He kissed her cheek and felt her shiver under his grasp. It felt as though she crossed his heart in the second that it took her to let out a breath. He watched her mouth open and close like a fish and nothing came out. He shrugged his shoulders and tightened his hold a little… in reassurance. This was how it was going to be between them and they were going to have to get used to it.
    They stepped out of the elevator and she felt him go on high alert. He had instantly morphed into the soldier he’d been. She’d been standing next to him thinking he was big when the air around him became supercharged, and he grew even bigger. She could feel it in the way he held on to her even though his face was very relaxed. All the sudden he returned to being a Spec Ops soldier with 160 degree situational awareness. His grasp was firm, but gentle, and she felt that he would spring into action without her even being aware of it.
    They came up to a group of four offices - she turned into the first one and flipped on the lights and set her stuff down. She looked at him as he motioned for her not to say anything. He pulled out a device and started sweeping the office for bugs. She noticed him pick up a picture from her desk, he scanned it and indicated it had a bug. He continued and found a mini camera in a plant that was sitting on her desk, which he took it out and crushed under his shoe. He did a final sweep and didn’t find anything else. “I like your office, baby. Are you going to give me the full tour now?”
    “Let me introduce you around.” As she grabbed his hand on the way out of the office, he noticed is was clammy. This was not going to be easy for her, and he wanted to make sure that he did everything he could to take care of it as quickly as he could. As she led him down the hall, he leaned into her and kissed her cheek. “Follow my lead, it’s going to be fine.” She nodded her head in agreement and squeezed his hand.
    She introduced him to her assistant and two other department heads and then knocked on the last office and walked in. “Jackson, do you have a couple of minutes? I want to introduce you to Max.”
    They entered a big corner office and a tall blond man sat behind the desk with contracts in front of him. He pushed his chair back and stood up, “Hello Rory. I didn’t realize that you were back in town.”
    She looked the man in the eye and stood slightly behind Max. “I returned last Friday from Europe. I will send you a copy of my report by the end of the week.”  
    She held tightly to Max’s hand and probably didn’t realize what she was doing. What the hell had this guy done to her? He’d seen her face the world head on up until this moment. He was damn glad she’d decided to hold onto him and let him protect her.  
    He stepped forward and shook the man’s hand, “I’m Max Bishop, Rory’s boyfriend.” He could see a look of shock pass quickly over Jackson’s face before he replaced it with a fake smile. Max looked at him the same way he looked at any opponent, calmly and with complete confidence. He saw Jackson pale a little under his tan - men usually recognized the alpha in the pack. He wasn’t surprised to see him catch on so quickly. He stood back, smiled at the guy and wrapped his big arm around Rory. “I wanted to see where Rory worked and meet some of the people that she spends her day with.” He waited and didn’t say a thing. Balls is in your court, asshole. Let’s see what you’re going to do.
    “Rory, I didn’t realize you’re seeing someone. Where did you two meet?”
    “I met Max through my friend Birdie. She’s recently engaged to Mark Frazier, a Lt. Cmdr. on Team One. He and Max used to work together. Max retired from the teams a couple of years ago and has a security firm in downtown San