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He shook his head, likely a gesture to indicate he thought of my stupidity as irritating but cute (at least I hoped so).
Then he brushed his lips against mine. That counted as a half a kiss too, which put me at four kisses from Lee in one, single day.
“These are really bad guys. They may seem like imbeciles, but they’re not nice guys,” he said. “You don’t mess with these guys.”
“They’re scared of you,” I told him.
“I can probably protect you from them. I likely can’t protect you from yourself. What did you think you were doing?”
“I was looking for Rosie,” I said out loud.
“I thoughtIwas looking for Rosie.”
“If I find him first then I don’t owe you anything.”
“You owe me for this afternoon.”
“That wasn’t that hard. You just walked in and took me out. That’s only worth, say, me making you a batch of cookies.” His lips twitched. I decided to change the subject. “Please take me home.”
He shook his head and watched me for a beat.
Then he demanded, “Leave Rosie to me.”
I didn’t respond. I may have been shot at, stun-gunned and kidnapped, which would make any logical-minded person back off. Not me. Now I was on a mission. I was going to find Rosie, beat the crap out of him, turn the diamonds over to Terry Wilcox and then move to Bangladesh to avoid Lee and, possibly, Terry Wilcox.
“I don’t like what I’m seeing,” Lee said. “You look like you looked when your dad told you that you couldn’t go to Vegas to see Whitesnake in concert.”
Hmm. That was a good concert and very worth the month’s grounding I got when I returned.
Lee’s arm around my waist brought me closer, in direct, full-frontal contact.
“You better be worth the trouble you’re undoubtedly gonna cause,” he said softly, his lips very close to mine.
Somewhere along the line I got mesmerized by his dark-brown eyes.
“Of course I’m worth it,” I whispered.
Damn it all! I was losing control and beginning to flirt.
I tipped my head back and licked my lips, my tongue touching his lips as I did so.
“Jesus,” Lee muttered.
The door buzzer went.
He ignored it. His hand at my face moved back to tangle in my hair, his other arm tightened further at my waist.
I went up on tiptoe to get closer.
The door buzzer went again. This time whoever was pushing it didn’t let up.
“Maybe it’s Rosie,” I said.
“Shit.” Lee let me go and walked to the door.
Two minutes later, the entirety of both our families walked through the door.
“We’ve decided we’re going to have a celebratory dinner,” Kitty Sue announced as she came in.
