Page 36 of Her Tempting Protector

“You’re this close to being court-martialed,” Cullen said as he held his fingers close together.

“What’s the charge?”

“You’re out of uniform and you were missing in action.”

She held up the long robe. “I rinsed out the baby pee. The smell was going to end up suffocating us as the day heats up even more, and I needed a potty break myself. Am I still in trouble?”

“Yes,” he said seriously. “Let me know when you’re going to leave.”

“You were on the phone, I didn’t want to interrupt.”

“Carys, you interrupt. Never walk off without informing me. I’ll give you the same courtesy. Our situation is too volatile.” He said it all with a smile in his voice, but he could see that Carys got the fact that he wasn’t a happy camper.

She bit her lip and nodded. “You got it. I would definitely feel the same way in your position. I guess I wasn’t thinking.”

Cullen shook his head. “Shit, with everything you’ve been through, you’ve been wonderful. I didn’t mean to be an ass.”

Carys grinned and the dimple he was so fond of peeped out on her right cheek. “Uhm, something tells me if you weren’t holding a baby I would have gotten royally chewed out, you were fine.”

He shrugged in agreement. “Speaking of babies, this one is going to start crying for his bottle pretty soon.”

“We need some way to heat up the water for the formula.”

“Since we’re dealing with a glass bottle and a twenty-year-old vehicle, we can work this out. Let’s get a move on. Then you can tell me how our patient is doing.”

She sighed. “Is there any way we can wait just a little longer so she can rest more?”

“No. We have issues. Get into the truck and I’ll show you how we’re going to warm up Bubba’s bottle.”

“What kind of issues?” she turned toward the truck. She was fast, she had the bottle at the ready and her arms out to receive Adam by the time he got to her side of the vehicle.

“Hop in and I’ll tell you.”