That didn't mean he was ready to let his guard down like his brothers Ian and Ash had--the dumb shits. Because she was just the kind of woman to make a man make a fool out of himself and, in their case, that could be a death sentence. Gillian knew Dallas didn't trust her and he didn't like her, but she also knew she needed him to stay alive and she wasn't about to 'just say no' when it might cost her more than she could afford. Sure he was a big, scary man, but it wasn't as if he was hard on the eyes. He was so far from it she didn't know what hit her when he decided to pounce.