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Оглавление“Denton? What are you doing here?”
“I’m escorting you to the debate.”
Her eyes narrowed. “Escorting me to the debate?”
“That’s right. In light of the recent threats against you, your father has hired me as your bodyguard. He didn’t mention it?”
Her eyes narrowed further. “No, he did not. I’d say I don’t need a bodyguard, but I think we’d both know I was lying if I did.”
Good, she knew the reality of the situation. That made his job somewhat easier.
Senator Philips strode into the room. “Denton! Thanks for coming out at such short notice. I begged Elle to take a long vacation somewhere until all of this passed, but she refused.”
“There’s a chance she wouldn’t be safe on vacation, either, Senator. We still need to figure out who we’re dealing with here, but my gut feeling is that these guys aren’t going to let anything stop them.”
Elle shivered, her cool confidence leaving her gaze a moment, replaced with fear.
