{"product_id":"owens-protective-services-box-set-4","title":"Owens Protective Services | Box Set 4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoup Sandwich\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe’s a mechanic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat should be enough to warn any woman away from the dangers of becoming involved like a man like him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll women know the dangers he poses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s shoved in my face every time that blonde barbie shows up and throws herself at him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet, I find it harder and harder to stay away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe keeps wearing me down, showing up and finding ways to challenge me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s that sexy smile and those deep blue eyes. I could get lost in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd let’s not even talk about those sexy, muscular hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven the guys I work with know they can’t compete with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut as I said…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe’s a mechanic, and I was bound to fall for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecret Squirrel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI took this job knowing the dangers that awaited me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was only a matter of time before I got myself into some serious shit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut none of it was as deadly as the woman I now found myself engaged to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe wasn’t my choice. But my options were to marry her or forfeit my life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe didn’t want me either.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut to get in deeper with The Syndicate, I needed to be on her father's good side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rules were clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI marry her or die.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd his parting words to me made it clear there was no screwing this up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer life was now tied to mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis wasn’t the way I thought I would see myself getting married, but if I wanted to live to see this job through, I had no choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelf-Licking Ice Cream Cone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI never should have grown out my hair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s where this whole thing started.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was too rigid. Too organized.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd nobody failed to point that out to me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo, I grew my hair out to prove them wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow I had a fake career as a model,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eall in the name of keeping a woman named Juliette safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI knew I would end up regretting this job.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it wasn’t just because I didn’t know the first thing about modeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat seemed to handle itself every time I looked at her in front of the camera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe were too dissimilar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI liked healthy food, and she ate cereal right out of the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI liked a schedule, and she woke up late every damn day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was tall, and she could fit in my pocket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell, they weren’t great excuses, but they were all mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut she didn’t know the real me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHell, I lied to her every second of the day just to keep her by my side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe threat against her was real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut so was the fact that I was falling hard for her.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Author Giulia Lagomarsino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52488208023833,"sku":"OPSBS4","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/2361\/7817\/files\/MountainMenMatchmakerSeries_9.png?v=1780786905","url":"https:\/\/shelfloveatlanta.com\/products\/owens-protective-services-box-set-4","provider":"Shelf Love","version":"1.0","type":"link"}