me that a cab driver took off with you!”
She frowned thoughtfully, understanding starting to form. With a cringe, she explained, “Oh. I was trying to get away from the scary men!”
He didn’t get it. “What do you mean?”
She placed a hand on his chest, leaning into his warmth. “I left your…” she glanced behind her, realized that Cindy and Mickey were watching attentively, “your apartment this morning and, when I stepped out of the elevator, two grim looking guys stopped me. I asked the doorman to get me a cab. He said something to the driver. All three of us were trying to get me away from your guards who looked…scary.”
He sighed, pulling her close again to hug her. “Savannah, I assigned two body guards to watch out for you. They were supposed to drive you around town.” He chuckled, realizing that they’d had the opposite effect. “Apparently, I put your life in danger by forcing you into a taxi driven by a maniac.”
Savannah looked up at him, still pressed against his chest. “You did what?”
He kissed her. “Please don’t be upset. I have a lot of enemies. I don’t want them to hurt you to get to me.” He pulled back and looked at her, his hands on her arms. “Let my guards drive you to class today. Okay? And then they’ll bring you to me afterward. Come back to me when you’re finished for the day.”
A glow of happiness suffused her with his words and she nodded. “That would be lovely.”
He kissed her, fast and hard, and the caress made her heart skip a beat. “Good. I’ll see you tonight.”
Savannah sighed as she watched his broad, powerful shoulders duck into the back of another black SUV. As soon as he pulled away, she spotted the two men she’d seen in the lobby of the hotel. They were sitting outside the diner in the vehicle, watching her.
“Okay, that’s creepy,” Cindy commented as she and her husband moved to stand beside her, all three watching the guards who were watching Savannah and the diner.
“Agreed,” Savannah replied with a groan. “I’m just relieved that those two aren’t out to kidnap me.”
For the rest of the day, Savannah worked hard. It was a slow morning, so she was able to go over her class notes one more time. The final exams weren’t as hard as she’d anticipated, and her professor was impressed with her project.
When she left after her last exam, there was a bounce to her step and she beamed brighter than the surrounding sunshine. “Just a few more weeks!” she whispered.
Chapter 9
“Hey, have you seen Talia lately?” Gaelen asked as soon as Amit picked up the phone.
“No. She told me that she was with you in New York,” Amit replied. Even from thousands of miles away, Gaelen heard the concern in his voice.
“She was with me for a few days, but I haven’t seen her for a while.” He rubbed the back of his neck, his concern rising right along with his brother’s. “But you haven’t heard any concerns from her security team, right?” he continued, referring to her guards that followed her everywhere.
“I haven’t. They would have alerted me immediately if she were in any danger.”
Gaelen knew that was true, but his intuition whispered something was wrong. “I’m worried she’s hiding something,” he finally admitted. “I can’t tell you what exactly, but…”
“She’s pretty open about most things,” Amit pointed out when Gaelen trailed off.
“Yeah. You’re right.” He tried to pinpoint what his concerns were. “She asked me for advice about men.”
There was a long silence, then Amit muttered a curse. “What did she ask?”
Gaelen thought back. He’d been more focused on Savannah and hadn’t paid as much attention to Talia as he probably should have. “Not much. I had other things going on at the time. I’d just started the formal negotiations with that ass, Santos. There were some other issues going on as well.”
Amit didn’t ask what those other issues might be. He knew that if they were important, Gaelen would discuss them. “So, where is she now?”
“I don’t know. I’m going to call her head guard and find out.”
“Good. Let me know what he says. I’m a bit concerned now. But she’s pretty sensible. After Orella’s death, Talia wouldn’t do something thoughtless.”
Gaelen agreed, but then he remembered the excitement on her features. “I’ll let you know what they say.”
Several minutes later, Gaelen wasn’t sure if he should be amused or irritated. “She’s where?” he demanded.
The lead guard