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“You never married?” Nick asked.

Julie’s gaze dropped to her hands. She fiddled with the pen. “No. Never found the right guy.”

He’d struck a nerve. Which made him more curious and stirred an ache in his chest he couldn’t explain. Had someone hurt her? “I remember in high school you didn’t date.”

He’d chickened out and hadn’t asked her to homecoming their junior year. Of course that was before he’d had his talk with Dad and realized falling in love, making a commitment, meant giving up on his dreams. Something he had no intention of ever allowing.

“I didn’t date in high school because no one asked,” she said.

“If you drop this whole interview thing, we could go on a date.” It had been a while since he’d dated anyone. Dating did not equal commitment.

“You promised to tell me why you have a bodyguard,” she said briskly. “And why did you think the ambulance crash wasn’t an accident?”

So much for dating her. “Someone’s trying to kill me.”