Only for You by Beth Kery

about how the hell Charles Trew knew Seth and why he was being called in to consult on her case, she barely managed to get the gist of things.
    “That’s your plan?” Gia asked disbelievingly after a minute. “Disguise me as another person and whisk me off into the mountains for three weeks?”
    “You’ve insisted that you can’t abide being confined, Gia. After what happened yesterday, there’s no doubt we have to get you out of L.A. You have a very recognizable face, so no matter where we send you, we need Seth. We have the added advantage that because of his background in military intelligence, Seth is very familiar with security and safety issues. He’s helped us out in sticky situations in the past.”
    Gia stared at Seth.
You never told me you were in military intelligence,
she accused him in the privacy of her mind.
His poker face and ability to look straight through a person suddenly made more sense.
    “And you agreed to this?” she asked Seth, her voice flat with shock.
    “Not yet.”
    Gia blinked at his rapid, quiet reply.
    “I said I’d come for this meeting. That’s all I agreed to with Charles,” he finished, glancing away from her. He looked grim.
    Madeline addressed Joshua, who looked a little bemused by Seth’s appearance and how the meeting was proceeding.
    “Seth has worked for us before,” Madeline told Joshua with a sly grin. “He’s worked with some of Alex’s associates at the FBI too. I’ll bet you didn’t realize the intersection between our worlds until tonight.”
    “It makes sense, now that I think of it,” Joshua said slowly, studying Seth. “Seth has told me a little about his background in Army intelligence. And I’ve seen him transform the most familiar faces in the world into a person I’d never recognize in a million years. If anyone can make Gia drop off the map, it’s him.”
    “Excuse me,” Gia said sharply, anxiety simmering in her stomach that was about to escalate to a boil. “We’re talking about my life here. You’re all planning it as if I’m not even relevant. I haven’t agreed to any of this, and yet you’ve already altered film production—something I completely disagree about doing—and are making plans for me to go into hiding when I specifically told you I wouldn’t do it,” she said directly to Madeline. Madeline opened her lips to reply but someone else spoke first.
    “Your movie will still get made eventually. Maybe you should get your priorities straight. Not even one of Joshua’s movies is worth sacrificing your safety. Neither is all the free publicity,” Seth said.
    Gia turned to him, gaping in astonishment. The trace of dark sarcasm in his quiet voice had struck her like a lash.
    “I don’t know why I’m defending myself to you,” she grated out between clenched teeth. “But Madeline and Charles both agree that McClarin is too smart to do anything as stupid as trying to have me hurt or killed so that I can’t testify. The reason I don’t want to hide out is because I have obligations, professional and otherwise. It’s
not
because I’m wild about the idea of having my private life completely robbed from me, being constantly ambushed by photographers or being run into the ditch and having my driver injured.”
    Seth shrugged. She knew he was wearing his hair shorter now in comparison to that night two years ago. A while back, she’d watched her television in subdued fascination as he won an Oscar for
Maritime
. His hair was still longish, though, silky in texture and artlessly sexy. In the back, it brushed his collar. The style emphasized the stark, masculine angles of his face and remarkable eyes.
    His heavy-lidded stare and bland expression as he studied her now didn’t fascinate her, though. Instead, it swelled her anger and sense of helplessness.
    “You may not have planned for any of that to happen, but who could have?” Seth said quietly. “Surely you must see things are getting out of hand. It’d be unwise