Max and The Prince –
Bodyguards Inc, book 3
Book 1 – Bodyguard To A Sex
God
Book 2 – The Ex Factor
Bodyguard Max Connery is used to being mistaken for being younger than
he is.
Being carded every time he buys a beer is usual. Even though he's just
turned twenty eight and has two tours in Afghanistan as a pilot under his belt.
When a threat is made on the life of a prince attending University in
the UK, Max is the perfect choice to blend in with students and to keep Prince
Lucien safe. Even if it means joining the swim team to be by his side.
But, when death visits the University, abruptly this job is a long way
past keeping the prince happy and safe. Instead Max has to keep Lucien alive.
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“I’m only an hour away,”
Max assured him as they joined the traffic heading towards Oxford.
“It’s fine.”
“We should take the time
for you to go over everything again. I might not look like I’m listening but I
will be.” He indicated and moved to the right lane to overtake a horse trailer
then back in to the left lane all while he talked.
“Everything?”
“Every little detail from
the time you decided to drink and before that if you think it helps. I want to
know all the characters.”
“You sound like it’s a
play.”
Max shot him a look, his
serious sapphire blue gaze focused on Lucien for a split second before he
focused back on the road. “It’s like a play I guess. The more you know the
players then the easier it is to identify the bad guy.”
“When do I get to hear
about your play?” Lucien asked. He
was teasing, but also intrigued by the journey Max had taken to end up being
Lucien’s bodyguard.
“I’m here. For you. That’s
all you need to know.” He didn’t look at Lucien as he said it. “Now eyes front
and start from the drinking.”
Lucien sighed noisily. He
didn’t want to go back there, to the point where his entire life had crumbled
with grief. He was desperate to avoid confronting the decisions he had made
then. Not coming out to his family in such a dramatic way, that had actually
been a good thing. His mom had just turned round and suggested that it was all
well and good being like that in private but that is where it should stay. His
dad had agreed stiffly. No, the decision to bury his grief in whiskey, or
vodka, or whatever else he had to hand was one he regretted and was more than a
little embarrassed to share with this put together guy who had managed to take
Teddy to his knees.
“Okay, so the drinking.
Guess that’s where I need to start.”
“Was it your decision to
drink?”
Temper snatched his
breath. “What kind of a question is that?” The way it was worded implied he
didn’t know his own mind. Then he realized what he was thinking and just how
stupid he sounded in his own head.
“A reasonable one,” Max
said. “Did someone encourage you to drink? Were you led astray, was there
someone who wanted you to commit some kind of indiscretion? Did you have a
boyfriend? A wannabe lover? A friend?”
Temper subsided as quick
as it rose and Lucien shook his head. “I apologize.”
“And you can stop doing
that.”
“What?”
“Apologizing.”
“Sorry. I mean... Okay…”
Settling himself back in the car and attempting to relax he closed his eyes
briefly. He could do this. He hadn’t had a boyfriend. Edward was his first and
actually his last. One heated night of sex and that was it. I may as well be a
virgin. “So,” he began carefully. “There was no boyfriend, or wannabe lover as
you put it. I hadn’t exactly come out to anyone, hell I’d barely come out to
myself. Seb was ill for a long time and I was close to him, I even had a tutor
so I didn’t have to go to boarding school. I think my parents liked that there
was someone for Seb as it definitely wasn’t going to be them.” He winced as he
said it. One didn’t speak badly about one’s parents. One was respectful.
“You’re not close? As a
family?”
“No. Yes.” He sighed. “Not
really. What about you?” He glanced sideways to see the faint tightening of
Max’s jaw.
“We’re not talking about
me,” he said.
“Sorry.”
“Stop apologizing.”
“Sorr—jeez…”
Lucien felt the heat rise
in his face. This was going to be one hell of a long car journey.
About RJ
RJ Scott has been writing
since age six, when she was made to stay in at lunchtime for an infraction
involving cookies. She was told to write a story and two sides of paper about a
trapped princess later, a lover of writing was born.
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