Page 29 of Pleasure Island

Since I wasn’t about to tell herno, I’d gone back into my office to start making notes.

Judging by the sound of the laugh coming from the waiting room, she was done in the restroom – and possibly flirting with Liam.

I came out of my office and strode through the main room where I conducted my sessions, ready to cut off anything untoward.

But Liam was standing as he had been when I last saw him, hands crossed in front of him, a polite expression on his face as Rachel talked to him in an animated tone.

She was being flirty – it was almost impossible for her tonotbe flirty – but she was keeping her hands to herself, which was a good sign.

Liam didn’t seem perturbed by her presence or her flirtation. Actually, he barely seemed aware.

“Rachel,” I said softly.

She blinked, swinging her head around to see me standing in the door.

“Didn’t you mention you had a lunch date with your mother today?” I said.

“Oh, yes.” She clapped a hand to her forehead. “I better go.”

She was gone in the next moment, and I looked over at Liam. “Thanks for…indulging her,” I said. “She’s relatively harmless.”

That wasn’t entirely the truth, but I didn’t need to tell the hot bodyguard that my client probably would have tried to drag him into the bathroom with her six months earlier.

“It’s not a problem.” He nodded at me.

I brushed my hair back and pondered him, wondering if I’d be able to get rid of him by the end of the day, although I knew it would take a call from his employer to make him move from his spot – watching my ass. I still didn’t believe I was in any danger.

But until I convinced my father of that, I was probably stuck with Liam.

And so far, he’d done nothing to get in my way.

Maybe I should lighten up a little.

“Would you like something to drink? Some coffee?”

He met my eyes but shook his head. “I’m fine for now, thanks.”

“You can’t go all day without taking five minutes for a coffee break or something,” I said, going for a teasing tone instead of the snippy one I’d been using.

He responded with an actual smile. “I’ll take a break at some point.”

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