"This is Asher Adams" her father said. "He's going to be your bodyguard from now on.

Kimberly's eyes widened in disbelief. The water she had just swallowed went down the wrong pipe and she began to choke. She started to cough and it took some seconds to finally calm her down.

Great. Just great. She thought. Just when she thought she had the annoying man out of her life for good. 

She turned her attention to her father. "I'm sorry dad, what did you just say?"

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Kimberly Blake, daughter and only child of billionaire, Hillary Blake, loves her freedom and independence. She hates being told what to do more than anything.

But all that freedom becomes a thing of the past when she gets kidnapped and her father hires private investigator and bodyguard, Asher Adams to rescue her.

Now, not only is she stuck with a big hunk of a man following her around and watching her every move...

But one she finds so damn attractive....

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HER BODYGUARD

Penny put that thought out of her mind quickly, feeling she was somehow being disloyal to Jeremy. After all, they had only been engaged a few days and there had hardly been time to discuss their future. 


"How's the job going?" Audrey asked, breaking in on Penny's reflections. 


"Progressing" Penny answered, not without pride. "I really have more work than I have time for at the moment. Making quite a bit of money one way and another" 


"What are you doing with it?" Audrey asked, knowing that Penny would not resent such a question from her. 


"Oh, shoving it in the bank for a rainy day" Penny replied laughing. "I'm bound to want a nice large bank balance sometime in my future, and apart from living expenses and an occasional dress, I don't seem to have any other requirements. 


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