But it wasn’t a six-and-a-half foot tall bodyguard standing in front of his door when he opened it.
He damn near felt the breath knock out of him. Maddie Hill was standing there, clutching a backpack and looking even more delicious than she had in high school.
“Hey, Deke.”
He stared at her. “Hey.”
Yeah, that was good.
She bit her bottom lip and looked up and down the hall. “Can I come in? I’m afraid I’ve got a problem and you’re the only one who can help me.”
“I am?” Also good. He was not on his game tonight. “I mean what kind of problem?”
“The national security kind,” she said quietly. “I’m in over my head. Please, Deke.”
He opened the door, and the love of his life walked in.
Maybe he was about to get a second chance.
He wasn’t going to waste it.
Deke, Maddie, and the whole McKay-Taggart team will return in The Man from Sanctum.