Reid - Maddie Wade Page 0,9

sick weirdo had planned for the very delectable Calista Lundholm was the Rottweiler who’d been sitting on her knee like an oversized lap dog.

Reid moved to inspect the locks on her patio doors and twisted to Liam. “We need to do a full rundown on her security.”

Liam nodded. “Agreed.”

Reid watched the woman in question walk back into the kitchen, which was off the large open plan living room. She had changed into yoga pants and a white top, her hair piled on top of her head. She at once looked young and innocent and incredibly sexy.

Seeing her had been a punch to the gut he hadn’t expected. The tears and vulnerability she’d shown him unexpected. He hadn’t been able to stop his reaction to her as he folded her in his arms and comforted her as he hoped someone would do for his sisters in a similar situation. What he wouldn’t want was the instant surge of desire that had shot to his dick as she burrowed in close to his body, her tits soft against his chest.

It had taken every ounce of control he had not to lay her back on the sofa and kiss the tears from her lips. Picturing her brother was the only thing that kept him from acting on his thoughts. If Clay knew he was thinking that way, he’d string him up by his balls.

“She’s beautiful all right,” Liam said from beside him.

Reid turned to his friend and glared. “Yes, she is, and she’s also off limits so keep your fucking dick in your pants.”

Liam held up his hands in surrender. “Not me, brother. I have enough trouble of my own to deal with, but I saw the way she looked at you like you were an ice-cream she wanted to lick.”

“Liam, you’re depraved if all you can think about is some model licking me.” Reid knew he was deflecting and didn’t care.

Liam chuckled. “Maybe, my friend, but it doesn’t change the fact that the sexual tension in that room was instant, and it wasn’t me she was looking at.” With that, he clapped Reid on the shoulder and went back inside to Callie and the coffee she offered.

Jesus Christ, why him? The only reason he was here was to make sure his friend’s baby sister was safe and do a run down on her security. That was a mantra that was going to become all too familiar in the coming days.

With a silent groan, he followed a quiet Mitch inside and closed the door behind him.

“Coffee?” she asked, lifting a cup.

Reid nodded. “Please.”

Callie poured them each a cup before bending down to fill the dog’s bowl with water. The action pulled her yoga pants tight across her ass, and he almost moaned at the sight. His discomfort wasn’t lost on his friends, who he threw daggers at with his glare.

“Callie, can we go over a few things real quick and then we’ll let you get some sleep,” he said as he saw her yawn. He noticed she was drinking green tea, which made him grimace. That shit tasted like dishwater.

“Sure,” she said, moving to the sofa and taking a seat, pulling her feet under ass and tucking her knees up.

“Tell us again what happened tonight.”

Callie hugged the mug in a comforting gesture as she began to talk through exactly what had happened. Reid knew from experience that the chance this was the only incident were small. Most stalkers built up to physical contact, starting small with watching and taking photos of their target for weeks and sometimes months before it got to this stage.

“Have there been any other incidents like this?”

He watched her pull her full bottom lip in between her teeth, biting on the tender flesh. How he wanted to soothe the tortured flesh with his mouth.

“Not like this, but there have been a few things.”

“Like what?” he asked, sitting forward and placing his cup down.

“Well, last week someone sent flowers to the set with a strange message on the card.”

“What was the message?”

He saw her frown and wrinkle her nose. “It said, ‘the time has come to step away’. I didn’t take a lot of notice to be honest. I get flowers from admirers or fans all the time, but my security didn’t like it, so they assigned me an extra guard for when I have location shoots.

Reid glanced and Mitch and Liam and saw they were all on the same page. This was an escalating situation. At least her shit