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One of the men—tall, with hawk-like eyes—spotted her instantly. “Ms. Brooks, is that you?”
“It’s not me!” she blurted, her voice high with panic. Her legs kicked into motion like a sprinter’s, pounding
against the sand as she tore toward the shoreline. “It’s her!” the man confirmed, already signaling the others.
“Ms. Brooks is over there—stop her!”
The rest surged after her in a wave of black suits.
But Linsey had little strength left. After everything—after what she had just endured—her legs were shaky, her
breaths shallow.
She barely made it a hundred yards before her lungs burned and she fell short of pace.
The men closed in, surrounding her in a wall of solid muscle.
Her eyes darted for an opening—none. Heart hammering, she bent, snatched a fistful of coarse sand, and
clenched it tight. “I'm warning you—ccloser and you'll regret it!”
The man who had first called out held up both hands, looking oddly earnest. “Ms. Brooks, please, you've got it
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“Drop the act,” she cut in sharply, her voice trembling with anger. “If it weren't for you people, | wouldn't have
been humiliated like this!”
The bodyguards exchanged baffled glances—humiliated?
What were they being blamed for? They had only been ordered to find her, nothing more. But Linsey didn’t
believe a word.
The moment she saw their guard slip, she hurled the sand straight into their faces. They staggered, blinking
through the grit.
She spun to flee—and crashed headlong into a solid chest.
The impact knocked the breath from her lungs—and from the man’s. He grunted softly, stumbling slightly, but
his arms instinctively caught her.
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And when he saw who it was, the pain didn’t matter.
“Linsey...” Gorman murmured, his voice low and breathless with relief as he held her close.
Startled, she looked up at him, eyes wide. “Gorman? You?”
A gentle smile softened his eyes. “You disappeared without a word. | was worried, so | sent them to find you.”
Her gaze flicked over her shoulder to the black-suited men, still brushing sand from their faces.
“You mean... they're yours?” she asked, pointing awkwardly.
“Yes,” Gorman admitted without hesitation. “My most trusted men.”
Heat crept up her neck. Realization
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Luckily, none of them seemed offended. If anything, they looked amused.
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