Olivia leaned on her chair assessing the situation. Cale, upon hearing just who Hanna's ex was, had suggested they go for their secondary form of protection in Hanna's case: intense self-defence courses.
It was something they rarely did for their clients. Their last client to get such training had been the petite brunette Aria Montgomery, who had just split from Ezra Fitzgerald. She had asked for their help initially until her current husband and attorney, Noel Kahn, managed to get a restraining order for him.
The clients that they had trained in such ways were given flower codes as such only Olivia and Caleb knew the persons trained by them, increasing the confidentiality around their clients well fare.
Both Olivia and Caleb selected them on the basis that at some point, should they not be there to help them, their clients would manage to stay safe until help arrived. That's why they both talked things through when it came to such cases.
Regarding Hanna's case opinions were divided. Caleb had only once before recommended for someone to be trained by them. Allison had been his wife for a year before she filed for a divorce, claiming he was married to his job and never paid her any attention.
To this day, five years later, Olivia wanted to kill Caleb's ex for hurting him and making him a person who had to many walls built around his heart. However, when they had walked inside the kitchen today, Olivia thought she had seen a glimpse of the old Caleb resurface. Rationally speaking, Olivia decided she shouldn't hope for him to get too attached to Hanna.
He was too cold nowadays to allow such a thing to happen a second time around, for him to allow himself get involved with his client once more and if he did allow himself to get involved with a client again, he could put them both at risk.
While Olivia mused how to deal with the things going on, Caleb studied Hanna very carefully as she told them her story. He felt that she was keeping some things to herself. Wondering what else Akimi did to her, he internally cringed at the idea of getting too attached to one of his clients once more. However, there was no denying he really hated the idea of someone touching and hurting Hanna. The idea of being so protective over one of his clients terrified Caleb.
Hanna, on the other hand, studied and waited for their reactions. An uncomfortable silence filled the kitchen, interrupted only by the sound of Olivia's arose from the table and excused herself. She walked outside the house, making sure to study its perimeter while she was out there.
Hanna turned her face to Caleb's and felt shivers go down her back, as heat suddenly filled her belly. Once more she realized that this man, was one who was very dangerous, but she noticed he was also a man who had been deeply hurt by someone. As they looked at each other Hanna had the distinct sensation that while Caleb was a lone wolf, she had just become his prey...
Feeling uncomfortable, Hanna decided to get some fresh air. She rose from her chair and walked out of the house and Caleb silently followed her, keeping his eyes on their surroundings. Hanna felt stupid for developing a crush on her bodyguard because that meant trouble for them both. She turned around quickly on her heels to step out on the stairs and face him and lost her balance. Caleb reacted quickly and extending his arms to catch her and then helped steady her back on her feet.
Neither of them noticed that they had been maintaining close contact. Caleb's hands rubbed slow, soothing circles on Hanna's lower back and heat once again spread through her body.
-"Caleb, can I talk to you for a second?" Olivia's voice came from the house as Hanna and Caleb let go of each other quickly. Hanna's cheeks burned in embarrassment, while Caleb took a deep breath to calm himself down. When Olivia appeared on the door way Caleb stepped away from Hanna, and gave her a strange look that made Hanna feel as if her legs would suddenly collapse under her.
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