Rules of Protection: The Bodyguard I Hate

Before leaving for deployment, Ace Atkins promises Elena Pearson that they will marry, giving their relationship a clear future. When he returns three years later, however, Elena expects a joyful reunion and instead sees him with another woman. His apparent betrayal turns a long-awaited meeting into a painful breakup, leaving her to question whether his promise ever meant what she thought. The past resurfaces when the CEO of a medical insurance company is shot and Elena requires personal protection. Ace, now disabled from the war, becomes the person assigned to guard her. Forced into close proximity, the former fiancés must face the hurt between them while Elena weighs what she saw against the feelings that have not disappeared. Their unresolved history now stands beside a dangerous present.