"Um huh. Well back to this Shareeka and Tre mess. I think you need to tell him."

"You saw how he acted when he saw you here. Just imagine how he's going to feel about Shareeka."

"Frankly, I don't care. Tre is not my favorite person in the world right now, but he deserves to know before he walks down the aisle with the tramp."

"I'll think about telling him, but for now, can we talk about something else?" Garrett pulled her into his arms and hugged her and planted kisses all over her face.

"You never did answer me. What's on our agenda for today?" she asked.

"How about sail boating? I have a friend who said I could use his anytime I wanted to. Today seems like the perfect day."

Two hours later, they were sailing on the high sea. "Don't go too far out," Hailey said, as she re-tied the wrap around her waist. The wind blew giving Garrett glimpses of the bottom part of her bikini and thighs.

Garrett wrapped his arms around her. "I can handle this."

"I'm not saying that you can't, but the winds seem a little high don't you think."

Garrett planted a kiss on the back of her neck. "I wouldn't let anything happen to you baby. I promise to keep us close to shore just to ease your mind."

"Great," Hailey said, as she turned around to face him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his lips down on top of hers. They kissed as the wind blew through her hair.

It was after six before they returned home. Garrett felt relaxed as he quietly reminisced about the day he had with Hailey out on the open sea. He had promised her a home cooked meal tonight. He threw on a few steaks on the grill and baked some potatoes. Hailey had made herself at home. He could get used to having her around.

Wiping her lips with a napkin, Hailey said, "This was delicious. You can grill for me anytime."

Garrett tipped his imaginary hat. "Glad you liked it."

Hailey took a sip of her drink. "You might be a keeper after all."

"Does that mean you're ready to give me an answer?" Garrett asked, as he held his breath.

"Not yet, but soon," Hailey responded.

Garrett sighed. "In the meantime, let's watch a movie. I'll even let you pick the movie."

A few minutes later, they were curled up on the couch watching to Garrett's surprise an action flick. Hailey said, "I wanted a role in that movie."

"I can see you kicking butt now."

Hailey snuggled up closer to Garrett. Garrett's body tensed up as his libido went into overdrive. He shifted to get comfortable. They watched the movie in silence. Before long, Hailey had dosed off. He gathered her up in his arms and instead of taking her to the guest room; he made a beeline directly to the master bedroom. He watched her as she slept; hoping she wouldn't be too upset waking up next to him.

~ 28 ~.

It took a moment for Hailey to realize where she was. The last thing she remembered was watching a movie with Garrett in the living room. Now she was in a bed, but not the one she had slept in the night before. This was much bigger. Garrett's arm was across her waist. He was cute when he snored. She watched him for a few minutes before getting up to go to the rest room.

The water cascading down her body soothed her. She wasn't aware she had an audience until she heard Garrett's voice. "You're absolutely beautiful."

"Coming from you that means a lot," Hailey said, as she reached her arms out towards him. "Join me."

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Positive."

Within seconds Garrett had removed his boxers and was lathering Hailey's body with soap. She "oohed and awed" as she felt the gentleness of his hands over her body. "Tell me, you'll give me a chance," Garrett said, as he planted kisses on her soapy neck.

"Ask me in a minute."

His lips traced their way down to her breasts. "Minutes up."

"Yesss," Hailey said, as his tongue flickered around her navel.

"You won't regret it," Garrett said, right before dipping his tongue into Hailey's secret garden.

Hailey's moans got louder and louder. Her legs trembled as Garrett cupped her buttocks with both hands to keep her from falling in the tub.

Garrett, after making sure Hailey had been satisfied, stood and their bodies united. With each thrust, Garrett felt himself becoming more and more in love with Hailey. It didn't take them long to reach an earth shattering climax.

Garrett held Hailey as they slid down in the tub together. "I guess I'll be wearing my hair in a ponytail today," Hailey joked, as the water from the shower head fell upon them.

"I love you Hailey."

"But..." Hailey began to say.

Garrett placed his finger over her lips. "Shhh. Don't worry about saying it back. When I hear those words from you, I want you to be absolutely sure. As sure as I am about my feelings for you." He replaced his fingers with his lips and they kissed and made love for a second time.

Hailey and Garrett spent the rest of the day in the bed exploring each other's body; each time their bodies united was better than the time before. Hailey was sleeping sound until she felt Garrett nudge her. "The alarm just went off."

"It's morning already," Hailey asked, still in a daze.

Garrett whispered, "No, the house alarm." He handed her his cordless phone. "Call 9-1-1. Hurry and get to the bathroom. Don't come out until I tell you."

Hailey didn't know if she was having a bad dream or not. She did as she was told.

Hailey hid in the bathroom as Garrett went downstairs to investigate. She did as he told her and called the police. "Someone's broken in." Hailey realized she didn't know Garrett's physical address.

The 9-1-1 operator reassured her they had it on file, "We will have someone there as soon as possible."

"Hurry, please," Hailey pled.

"You can stay on the line until help arrives ma'am."

Hailey kept the phone off the hook, as she waited. She didn't like feeling helpless. Her heart felt like it was about to beat out of her chest. Waiting to see what was going on felt like an eternity. Hailey jumped when she saw the doorknob turn.

"Baby, it's me," Garrett said.

Relieved, she rushed to the door and unlocked it. She ran into his arms. "Is everything okay?" she asked.

"Yes and no," Garrett responded, as he led her back into the bedroom.

"Someone threw something through the patio door that's why the alarm went off. Whoever it was had gone by the time I got down to investigate."

"The police are on their way," Hailey said.

By now, they could hear the sirens. "This should keep the neighbors talking. Put some clothes on and meet me downstairs," he said, as he went to meet the police.

"The cops are here," Hailey informed the 9-1-1- operator before disconnecting the call. She threw the phone on the bed and headed downstairs. She saw Garrett talking to two uniformed officers. One was writing on a pad while the other asked questions.

"This is my girlfriend," Garrett said. Hailey went and sat by him.

"Where were you when the alarm went off?" one of the officers asked. Hailey read the name on his badge.

"I was sleeping."

Officer Jenkins stared at her. "You look familiar."

Hailey admitted to being the talk show host. They would have found out anyway if they would have asked to see her identification. "I would appreciate it if you wouldn't leak this to the media," Hailey commented.

"I know this is against protocol, but can I have your autograph for my wife," Officer Jenkins asked. "She's a huge fan of yours."

"Sure." Hailey was used to having people ask for her autograph under strange situations. She could tell from Garrett's facial expression he wasn't too happy about the request. She would have a talk with him later. Being a celebrity had its ups and downs. Besides, she wanted the police on her side. She didn't want to have an attitude and have her business all in the media.

"You don't have to worry about us. We'll keep your identity under wraps. Mr. Morgan we'll check with your neighbors and see if they saw anyone suspicious. Ms. Barnes thanks," he said, tilting his hat.

The cops left but neither Hailey nor Garrett were sleepy. They laid in each other's arms but neither slept. When the sunlight crept through the curtains, they both decided to get up and get their day started.

"Hailey, there's something I didn't share with the cops." Garrett pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her.

She read it. Her mouth dropped open. "How did they know I was here?"

"That's a good question. Few people knew of your whereabouts. I need to make some phone calls."

"Why do I have a feeling there's something you're not telling me?" Hailey asked.

"Did you read the fine print at the bottom of the paper?" Garrett asked.

Hailey reviewed the paper more closely. Her eyes squinted as she read the caption at the bottom. "GT Securities?"

"Trevon probably did this to scare you because of catching you here yesterday. That's another reason why I didn't tell the cops about this."

"He has lost his doggone mind. Wait until I get my hands on him."

"Oh I got this. Believe that. I need to get you settled in at your office and then I'll be confronting Trevon in person."

Hailey couldn't believe Trevon would stoop to doing something so low knowing how scared she was. While Garrett was making his phone calls, she sent a few text messages cussing Trevon out. He claimed to not know what she was talking about. It's not like he would admit it anyway. She felt confident that Garrett would get to the bottom of the situation. For once she was going to trust someone else to handle her problems.

By the time Garrett was dressed, he found Hailey in the living room waiting on him. "I know it's going to rain now. Hailey Barnes beat me getting dressed."

For the first time since the rock incident, Hailey smiled.

~ 29 ~.

Garrett didn't smile when he entered the conference room. Trevon, and all of his employees that knew anything about Hailey's case avoided eye contact. Caroline tried to give him a cup of coffee but he passed. "There appears to be a breach somewhere in the building," Garrett said, looking around the room. He continued to say, "One of our clients was camped out at my place for safety reasons and guess what? I get this. He held up a copy of the note. "Written on our notepad paper."

People started mumbling to one another. Trevon said, "I know you don't think anyone of us had anything to do with it. She has a fan. The fan could have gotten the paper from anywhere. From the studio."

Garrett hadn't thought of that. Brenda had been working with Hailey there and could have left the notepad there. He made a mental note to get in touch with Brenda after this impromptu meeting. In fact, he decided not to wait. "Caroline, call Brenda on her cell phone."

Brenda answered after a few rings. After checking on her father, Garrett apologized for calling under the circumstances. Brenda said, "I didn't use any of our stationery at the studio. I never take a client's file with me. I try to record everything in my brain."

"Thanks. Keep us updated on your dad."

He turned and looked at Trevon. "That throws that theory out the window. Anybody else have any more great ideas?"

Silence. Garrett didn't want to believe any one of his employees would do something like that but he had to make sure. Hailey's life may depend on it. They invaded not only her privacy but his by trespassing and destroying his property.

"I apologize if I offended anyone but we can not have people working for GT that can't be trusted. I would appreciate it if you all would go over any visitors and identify any that may be of questionable character. That's all."

He stood and looked out the window as people filed out the room. Trevon approached him from behind. "You know you're wrong for calling us all in here for this. Hailey got your nose wide open."

"Look Trevon, I'm this close," he held out his hands. "from punching you the hell out, so I would suggest that you get out of my face."

"I'm the one who should have a beef with you."

"You know what. Screw it. If you want to fight, come on." Garrett unloosened his tie and rolled up his sleeves.

Caroline walked back into the conference room. "Everything okay in here?" She looked at Garrett and then back at Trevon.

Trevon backed back from Garrett and was the first to speak. "Everything's fine. We're just having a discussion about this weekend's event."

"I wanted to remind you I was supposed to leave early today but under the circumstances, if you need me to stay, I can," Caroline said.

"No need to," Garrett said.

"You sure?" she asked.

Trevon said, "One of the other ladies will have you covered. Don't worry about things here."

Garrett faced Trevon. "Caroline is the only thing that saved you."

"Look man. I was pissed to see Hailey at your place but why would I do something like that and then leave evidence?"

Garrett thought about it. Trevon did have a point. Trevon was a lot of things but stupid he was not. The only other person he could think of that probably felt she had a reason to harass Hailey was Shareeka. He started to mention it to Trevon but thought second of it.

"Somebody is behind it and it's about time we found out who."

"Hailey's your problem now remember," Trevon said, sarcastically.

"As long as she's a client of GT Securities, she's yours too. Now if you ever cared an ounce about her, you would be doing everything you could to help find out who is behind all of this. Unless, of course you know more than you're telling me."