"No, absolutely not," Laney said vehemently.

"Please," Claudia begged, batting long mascaraed eyelashes at her young, deadly bodyguard. "Just one? I'm about to go to New Zealand on my honeymoon. You're about to go to Japan to visit your family. We won't see each other for a whole month! Who will it possibly hurt?"

Laney kept the desk between them and glared murderously at the tall, beautiful blond woman. "The last time I let you hug me you cried and nearly ruined your ...