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“Put me down you big beast. I am so not done!”
He laughed and tossed her over his shoulder easily as he strode in through his door. No need to entertain or scare the parrots and monkeys with this explosive reunion scene. Noah set the perimeter alarm, and slammed the huge doors shut behind him.
“Oooh! I mean it. You are in so much trouble!”
He kept laughing.
“Oh, oh and it isn’t funny, soldier boy!”
He made his way upstairs with her kicking and screaming.
“I am going to scratch those pretty green eyes outta your head, Harris!”
Yes, she was beyond furious. Harris thought maybe his grin might just remain on his lips permanently as he tossed her onto his bed.
Immediately, she rose up and faced him, her cheeks pink, her chest heaving. “Do you know what I had to go through to find your yellow ass?”
He bit at his lip. God dammit, she was gorgeous.
“Are you even listening? You ran away. You coward!”
He narrowed his eyes at her. “Ridge, I am only going to put up with this for a few minutes as is your due, but…You best be warned.”
“Warned! Fuck warned! I had to bribe people and make deals to track you. I slept on a dirty boat with a gun, so men wouldn’t… then I trek through this God forsaken jungle with the heat and the snakes.” She threw up her arms. “I just wanted to face you and ask you what the FUCK you were thinking! But I finally get here and what do I see? You, sidling up to a fucking slut!”
Noah stared at her. Man. Just fireworks. He licked his lips in anticipation. This was going to be fun. Fun, he’d missed so badly. “I wasn’t sidling! And what the fuck does that even mean?” He chuckled.
“Oh, and you’re gonna laugh at me too?” she accused as she stepped off the bed. “I just came to tell you off, and that is all!”
He cocked his head. “You traveled halfway across the world to tell me to fuck myself?” Doubt rippled in his voice.
“No. I wanted an explanation too!”
“Mmm, I see.” He nodded his head. “Well, you were better off with the lawyer.”
Nearly breathing fire, she put her hands on her hips. “Oh! And YOU decided this for me?”
He ran his fingers through his hair. Yeah, this was going to get nuts before it got better.
She marched over to him and poked a finger into his chest. “First off, you never gave me a chance. Adam and I were broken up for six weeks already!”
His eyes rounded.
“YEAH. Didn’t know that Mr. I know everything ‘cause I’m a spook. Spy or what the fuck ever! Then I had to be told by my brother while in my trashed apartment that you just up and left. You did NOT wait for me at all!”
“Trashed?” he asked feeling concerned. “Did someone—?”
“Fuck that! You weren’t around to care. They killed my fish!” she ranted. “You left and thought you were so clever. But you never knew what I did before I met you. I can find ANYONE!”
“Are you done?” he asked quietly.
Ridge looked red in the face as she stepped around him. “Yes. I am so goodbye!” She marched through the door.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Harris grabbed her up before she even got to the doorknob. Of course, he did. Riley knew he would, but she wasn’t going to make this easy on him. The man better tell her what she needed to hear or—
“Oh, no!” he whispered to her ear. “It’s dark out now and you cannot leave. It isn’t safe in the jungle at night.”
“Oh, fuck the dark. I’ve been in it apparently, since I flew off your mountain! You just shut me down and shut me out the minute Adam showed up!”
“Yes, yes I did,” he admitted calmly as he carried her across the room and to the dresser. Opening a drawer, he fished through it. Then he turned and walked back to the bed, dropping her down on it.
Her eyes narrowed. What is he doing? And why is he acting so calm now? Before she could even take a breath, her wrists were tied up. “Oh. Fuck. No!” she shouted and struggled just as he finished tying her ankles.
“Oh, fuck yes.” He grinned down at her.
“This is not funny, Harris!”
“Oh, yes it is.” He tugged his tee shirt off.
“And you put that back on, Mister!”
He kept chuckling as he lowered his hands unsnapping his jeans.
“Oh, no. You are not going to use that magnificent body to worm our way out of this!”
He kept on grinning.
Dammit, she was losing this one fast. “I mean it. It will be rape!” Fear of losing this battle rampant now that he had her tied.
Harris stared at her for a second. He tilted his head back and laughed hardily.
