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began to pull out of his parking space. I wondered what
had happened to Charles.
    “ Oh, sure, there’s a great
coffee place just down the street, we can go there if you
want.”
    He nodded his head and pressed hard on
the gas pedal. I flew into my seat with a bang and I looked over at
him. He had a huge, devilish smile on his face. I couldn’t help but
laugh.
    “ I get the hint, its fast.
No need to prove it to me.” He slowed down and rounded the corner
before pulling into the coffee shop. He got out and walked over to
my door lifting it up into the sky; it made me giggle. I took his
hand to help me out of the car; he pushed the door back down and
shut it.
    “ That is the coolest thing
I’ve ever seen!” I couldn’t hide the amazement in my voice. He
smiled and locked his car. Everyone in the parking lot was looking
at him, guy’s mouths were dropped open gawking at his car. Girls
were practically drooling over him. Back
off bitches, he’s mine. Or at least I could
pretend.
    We stepped into the coffee shop; it
was a small little place that had some chairs and tables with a
couple of couches. It had a very homey feeling; all the local
students came here to study. Stefan ordered a black coffee; he
looked at me expectantly.
    “ Oh, sorry. I’ll have a
skinny caramel macchiato with an extra shot of espresso, light
whipped cream please.” My face went red after realizing I didn’t
carry my purse or any money last night.
    He leaned down whispering in my ear
like he knew exactly my thoughts. “Don’t worry, Jennifer, I’ve got
it.” I sighed and walked over to a table. Stefan sat down soon
after I did and handed me my coffee.
    “ I am the CEO of Long
Publishing Company.” His voice trailed off as he took a drink of
his coffee.
    I chocked and started
coughing. Where the hell did this come
from?
    “ Are you okay?”
    “ Uh, yeah,” I cleared my
throat.
    “ This is not something I
usually come right out and talk about. Jennifer, I am a very
wealthy guy and sometimes when you meet other people and they know
who you are, they take advantage of you and I didn’t want that to
be the case here.” He took another drink of his coffee and waited
patiently for my reply.
    “ I don’t care about money.”
I took a drink of my coffee. I was frustrated that he would think
that. He didn’t even know me, why would he think I would want his
money or anything from him for that matter?
    “ I’m sorry; I didn’t mean
to upset you. I have just lived all my life with people, especially
women, having an underlying purpose with me. I’ve just started
assuming all women were that way.”
    “ I’m not like that,
Stefan.”
    We both took a drink of our coffee’s
and sat there looking around at the other people drinking their
coffee’s, on their laptops, doing homeworking, and
studying.
    “ So, why do you need a
bodyguard?” I wasn’t sure if I was allowed to ask this question,
but I did anyway. My mom always told me if you want answers, you
had to ask questions.
    “ I had to hire Charles soon
after I took over Long Publishing. I came too damn close to being
killed, so after that, I figured it would be nice to have a body
guard. At home, in Dallas, I have a whole security team. Charles is
the head of security. He stays far enough away to remain unnoticed,
but close enough to be able to protect me if things get
intense.”
    “ You were almost killed?” I
paused waiting to hear more. Stephan took another drink of his
coffee and cleared his throat.
    “ It was a while ago, it
doesn’t matter now.” I could tell he had no intentions of talking
about that moment so I moved on.
    “ How long has Charles
worked for you?” I took another sip of my coffee.
    “ Just 2 years. My dad died
about 4 years ago, the business was handed down to me when I was
just 21.” He let out a sigh as he took a drink of his coffee, like
he was remembering when he first started running the business.
“After my brief run in with death, I