The Assassin’s Billionaire Bodyguard – Chapter 3
“Daddy, she’s crazy. I need you to deal with her.”
“Portia,” Camden Torres pinched the bridge of his nose as he tried with practiced discipline not to raise his voice at his only child. “Explain to me exactly how it you want me to deal with her.”
“Get rid of her. Isn’t it what you and your army buddies do?” She looked over her shoulder at her father’s head of security Gideon with a raised eyebrow.
r not surprised when she didn’t even flinch. He’d made grow
she argued.
most unflappable of his team was ready to throttle his only offspring.
at I want?”
ob and goals. Be better.”
p,” she stomped her foot angrily.
o-back meetings starting in five minutes. Either go to school or go find a job.”
protested folding her arms over her
king photos in Thailand wi
I get sponsors to d
” He held her gaze until she looked away and looked out the window of his top floor office in downtown Manhattan. “I didn’t think so. If you want to do the social media thing and make millions off it like Kim and Kylie, go for it.” He cursed he knew the names of those two women because of his teenage daughter. “I’d be thrilled if you showed half of their entrepreneurial spirit. Until then, you’re grounded from using the jet, your credit card will have a maximum allowable spending limit and you’re not to leave the country without my express permission.”
been overindulged far too long.”
Ugh!” she threw her
am I supposed to say?” he rolled his eyes as his phone lit up telling hi
ter her. I know he went to see her today.”
“And how
th a toss of her blonde hair.
.”
st thirty.”
st my birthday.”
Ev? Evan is it, Evan what?”
ished manicures much too closely. When the sound of a pin dropping could have been heard in the office but still her fa
s and his face was set so stonily she wondered for a moment if he’d di
ng Evgeni Andropov? Mikhail’s son?”
“Yes.”
iends two nights ago and neither of you thought fit to tell me this?”
social media,” she shrugged, “I
r how l
fist against his desk.
done with it.”
”
ched at his raised voice.
ke back her words at the cold rage emanating from her father’s face blistered.
ffice door and yanked it open, “out! Get out Portia before I sent you to England to stay with your mother for the next ten years.”
owly. “Her name is Isabella Ruiz.” She punched her fingers on her phone and smiled at him as she patted his chest as she walked past him. “
she’s dating him?”
my little girl.” He grabbed a paperweight off his desk and wailed it across the room and watched as it wedged into the wall.
her head into the room.
ight in the wall. “New art installment?”
” he met her gaze, “show h
the young hottie getting into the elevator? Afternoon quickie?”
ed his faux pas.
still aware the man in front of him was notorious for his bad temper. “Look, I’m sorry. I didn’t know you even had
hair and waited for the man to si
e somewhere.”
ed the weasel sitting in the chair his daughter had just vacated. He didn’t like this guy in the leas
boss need.”
you need to worry about.”
rabbed his go bag from where he’d dropped it on the floor in the outer office.
e your hands are clean and not part of it. If he manages to piss off the wrong person, you get him out and get home. Got it?”
ntant.”
ords.
his own. They were closer than brothers and he waited for the tongue lashing his friend was likely about to give him over his kid.
he office.
to look at him.
the room.
e such an a*****e?” Cam rubbed his face in humiliation. “She actually wanted me to threaten this girl.” He held up his phone so his friend could see, “if you won’t hurt her, just talk to her.” He read the last text aloud.
hat did
er man, she’s the eye candy from the deli earlier today.”
his eyes.
nd works at Draxton as an actuary. She ran the New York City Marathon last year with Clara and Edward and made precent decent time.”
it seemed the man had downgraded, and he loved his daughter more than anyth
ed Andropov to the curb. One night they were dancing in the clubs and the next night she was gone. Nobody seems to know what really happened other than they were a couple and then they weren’t.”
then?” he asked quietly.
anyone knows until this week. It seems your Portia blew a gasket after dinner the other night.” He grinned at his boss and best friend’s expression. “Her security agent said she lost her mind over the fact Evgeni’s family is so tight with Draxton. Evgeni called her
left the deli.”
hem.” Gideon made a face. “I love you and I love your kid but she’s a nightmare on legs. She makes me g
ar Andropov.”
fuse.” As Gideon lifted an eyebrow at him, he shrugged. “If she takes him back, then I don’t need to worry about my daughter being hooked up with this guy.”
o you make it ha
leaned back in his seat. “Cold hard cash.”