At ten o'clock that morning, Carey knocked on the door of the Starlight

Entertainment CEO's office.

She stepped inside, leading the candidate for the personal bodyguard position.

"Ms. Kensington, this is Mr. Monroe, here for the bodyguard interview."

Briony looked up from the stack of paperwork in front of her.

The man was tall-so tall that even Carey, who stood around five-foot-seven, seemed petite beside him.

He wore all black: a tracksuit, a baseball cap pulled low, and a surgical mask covering most of his face. Only his eyes were visible, the rest of him hidden away.

Carey handed over the interview file.

Briony glanced down at the papers.

with an international security firm.

available for round-the-clock assignments.

was from

you take off your

eyes, his voice deep and steady. "My face was badly burned. I

Burned?

"The accident you mentioned in your file-was it a fire? Is that why your

Blair nodded. "Yes."

an inexplicable suspicion creeping in. She knew it

personal bodyguard, I need to know everything about you. I'm not going to judge you for an accident, but I do need to know what you look

slowly reached up and removed his

of his face-twisted, angry burns that left little doubt he'd been badly

his features were almost unrecognizable. But even with the scars, Briony could make out the shape

not the same face as in

mask over his face again. He looked at Briony. "Is there anything else you'd like to know, Ms. Kensington?" She asked, "Are

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