The Assassin’s Billionaire Bodyguard – Chapter 16

Isabella rolled out from under Cam’s heavy arm and made her way to the bathroom, scooping her pantsuit and purse along the way. She realized her coat she’d left in his car, but she’d have to deal with it another time. She admitted she was tender in places she was unaccustomed to feeling pain and all from his thorough diligence. The man absolutely knew what he was doing in bed. Bar none, the last several hours were the most incredible s****l experience of her entire life.

A quick glance at her watch told her it was one in the morning. She needed to get back to Casper, even though she knew Sabine had stayed with him until midnight. A light snore erupted from the man in the bed as she turned the light on in the bathroom and closed the door. She used her app on her phone to arrange for a ride share and then quickly got dressed. Making sure not to wake Cam, she made her way through the dimly lit apartment towards the elevator.

She hit the button and then stepped inside and pushed the button for the lobby, shaking her head at the extravagance of having an elevator as your front door. When she found her drive waiting for her outside, she got in wordlessly and closed her eyes.

e rear-view mirror, “one of those nights?”

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house. Casper lifted his head from his cozy dog bed accusingly and she sighed, “little man, if you knew, you would not judge me.”

red it. She was too tired.

s on the pillow beside hers and then curled up to sleep. She stroked his little ears wordlessly as sleep enveloped her.

o tell him she was going to work from home for the day. It wasn’t something she did often, but her body was aching from the activit

internal company chat message popped up from Lisa asking if she was okay. She replied she was fine and just had a late night.

swer. Clara’s answer was a thumbs up and eggplant emoji and she chuckled. She sent her back a peach and went back to her work.

ther side and she groaned.

orning when we were up until one?” He was showered, dressed in a perfectly fitted suit and he was grimacing at her.

’d be home. She assumed my plans had been unchanged, she went home, Casper was alone.” She left him standing on her doorstep annoyed she had given him more explanation than she felt he deserved and returned to her living room.

en me up and I would hav

y the time you drove back. Your logic is flawed,” she grimaced and plunked down on her sofa and grabbed her cup of coffee. Casper lifted his head lazily at Cam and then dropped it down again. She eyed him over the rim of the oversized mug.

mind.” She shook her head and looked at her laptop as an email pinged. She immediately moved to answer it and cursed as Calvin asked her to review another colleague’s report. He felt it was flawed and wanted a second opinion. She called him on the computer phone system and glowered at his face. “Calvin, it’s literally your job to veto his report.”

the damn thing is a sound proposition.”

you know it. I read the full report. You read an excerpt. I want you to read the full report and give me

ay you to revi

suck.”

ng in Clara’s office b

e, when?”

t one.”

re an a*****e.”

orning on her day to bring coffee.”

er to you and you can deliver it to her, but I am an impartial voice.”

ogynistic assholes.”

a scowl on his face and ready to fight.

ill here? Don’t you have a world to save or

work?”

out.” She met his gaze full on, her meaning clear.

. “I don’t like you walking out on me.

to rest with my dog.”

oss likes you,” he waved to the computer.

he knows how to set the trigger.”

with him?”

wer you call. I owe you no explanation for either and yet I gave it to you. I have to work and you’re being intrusive and insulting.”

air, “how the hell did we get here from where we were last night?”

stared at him incredulously. “If you could stop dragging your hairy knuckles on the ground for two minutes maybe you’ll figure it out.” She considered he looked ready to throttle her and she cared less. “Torres, I did nothing wrong. Maybe you’re used to simpering women who are clingy and need to be removed from your bed via the jaws of life but it’s not me. You need to take your elevated levels of tes

r, “I’m supposed to be at a meeting right now and

here, in fact, nobody invited you here.”

row. Can I see you for dinner?”

am on my death bed, I will not break them.”

a time to see each other.”

k to work.” She felt Casper nudging onto her lap, and she curled him in her arms against her chest. She realized she was so angry she was vergin

s. “Isabella,” he stepped into the room and stood near the sofa, “I apologize. I’m acting like an a*s. I do have to g

l to leave.

“This isn’t going to work Torres. I can’t play these k

e are not done, not by a long shot. I’ll see you later this week.”

.

is guy.” She nuzzled her dog and then groaned when her phone lit up. She grimaced at Evgeni’s message.

f the constant barrage of messages and finally she opened the phone and called him.

hat?”

He works for my father.”

ikes me.”

doing this

I am doing

ous man.”

ting me a hell of a lot better than you ever did.”

!” he yelled into the phone.

ng me, stop messaging me, stop sending me photos of your tiny d**k and stop harassing me. If you don’t, my next stop is to the police precinct to file a restraining order. Am I clear?”

e call.

ediately. “I have a problem.”

hat’s going o

d to file a restraining order.”

“Jesus Christ,” Clara hissed angrily.

Potomac would likely cause a rift for you.”

log too please.”

bad with men?”

hy

am showed up here this morning pissed off, I left him asleep and came home. I wasn’t going to wake him up to drive me all the way home when he was crashed out but apparent

th delight.

did but apparently I f****d that up t

e report. “He told Mama I went on a second date last night.”

rch yesterday and he threw you under the bus.”

was no man in it.”

going to have words.”

rant so I may let you wail on him.”

utes, it’s all I need.”

ve,” Clara commented dryly.

now, he is

ith Mama you will be my widowed sister.”

talk to him.”

e call him back and one insisting his d**k wasn’t tiny. “A*****e,” she mumbled as she tossed the phone to the far end of the sofa and pulled the laptop back on her lap, nestling Casper to her hip. All the men in her life were making her crazy and she found herself desperately wishing for her normal boring life back.