The Assassin’s Billionaire Bodyguard – Chapter 4
Isabella noted the limo parked outside her house with distaste. She had made every effort to make sure Evgeni had never found her new address and yet the car parked there told her she had not done enough.
She walked past it, refusing to look up as the passenger door opened and the sound of feet hit the pavement.
“Isabella Ruiz?”
unfamiliar voice made her pause and she turned on her heel and found herself face-to-face with Mr. Green-Ey
ked it back into the pocket of his trench coat.
lted her head to one side and eyed him critically.
n chat more privately?” he asked as someone passed by them closely on the sidewalk.
e my house uninvited.”
sed doors.”
t you go have the conversation with someone who wants to entertain your request.”
gaze steadily while sh
watched as the man’s eyes widened at her brazenness.
a security expert, owns Juggernaut.”
over his chest in a macho display of power.
work. Is there a reason you’re asking me this?” Clara wasn’t sure how much she wanted to divulge to her sister-in-law.
te, she thought and then laughed at something Clara said. “Yeah, you’re right, he’s good to look at.” She deliberately looked him up and down, “I just want to make sure he’s not dangerous or something.”
Portia with him.”
?” She asked and watched him shift in front of her suddenly appearing uncomfortable. “The crazy chick who’s been harassing me for the last several months and like a psychopath since this morning?” At Clara’s laugh she shook her head and looked the man in front
hung up her call. “You’re my stalker’s father. Wh
w
e.”
forward.
r shoulder to Camden. “Make a choice Torres. My time is valuable and you’re wasting it.”
iently while she unlocked her house and then pushed the door open.
in on her lips at his exasperated sigh. “Dude, I have six older siblings and my sister-in-law is Clara Draxton. If you think you can intimidate me, you’re a fool. Either go in
oked around the small entryway and then stared in amazement at the sound coming from the t
our face.” She squatted down and scratched the dog’s ears and pulled a treat from the side table. “H
oted, and looked at Camden. “Hurry it up, I need t
iving room.
she refused him enjoying immensely the look of frustration on his face. “You don’t
really, no.”
r?”
“Yes.”
bout two-thirty, two-f
I’ll have you know I’m two hundred and eighteen pounds of pure lean muscle.”
kid you have?”
tee from the way his mouth was upturned at the corners.
shrugged and reached for the dog’s leash. “Your time’s ticki
ur workplace today?”
him tonight. I actually thought it was his limo outside.”
wittle princess not get what she wanted?” she mocked him.
enched his fists. “Why are you so antagonistic?”
eyes challenging him.
work?”
I said no. Are you providing his security now?”
you date him?”
o you?”
d things with him?”
None of your bu
o make it my business?”
.”
ld make you ric
your wildest dreams.”
you my bank balance is decent.”
I’ll give you a m
utright. “Nope.”
n’t be so bad.”
but not the worst,” she tilted her hand out in front of her and see-sawed it. He was the worst, but she wasn’t tell
hy not?”
uld see her bed comm
e son of an old friend. I don’t like it. I just found out today.”
pany if you don’t even know who your kid is dating for months.” She threw her head back and laughed aloud as a thought occurred to her, the sound casca
?”
ore than most people get away with.”
. He could literally screw every woman he encountered, while she watched, and she would still want him.”
“Why?”
“Because Daddy doesn’t like him,” she pushed her finger into h
ere.”
he will onc
ld you?”
ears ago and I have no desire to go back in time. The best way for me to get rid of him is to encourage Portia. All I need to do is invite he
“
as the dumpee not the dumper. You thought you could come here, wave your cash around and I’d be something out of a made-for-television movie.” She was enjoying herself too much. Casper danced around her feet. “If you don’t mind, I need to walk my dog.”
declining my
ine your offer.
tood there studying her intently and she waited for him to leave
she toyed with him.
ts you.”
iled rich men and their need to be indulged. I walked out. It bruised his ego and now he t
do to make you lea
e didn’t slap you around or something.”
no.”
ds the door.
d she forced herself to take a calming breath.
pov and my daughter won’t want to date him.”
“How?”
uddenly felt he was back
ood. I’ve dealt with Evgeni for six years now. I can manage him.”
t. “What?”
security company hires hit men. She wanted me to get rid of you because she
leave right now.”
r,” he spoke as if he needed to reassure a small child.
“Mr. Torres, your daughter could try, you could try, your goon outside could try. None of you would succeed. Now, get the hell out of my home before I physically remove you.”
ten you.”
f sounding like a broken record, get out of my house now.”
ering and she absent-mindedly scratched his chest.
psetting you.” He turned on his heel
s whimper expressed to her an elevation of her blood pressure and a negative change in her emotions. “I know buddy, I know. Let
car was away from the curb before setting her dog down and then heading out of the house. For the first time in a long time, she checked over her shoulder as she walked her dog, wondering whether she was being watched and feeling fur