Dear Lord.
She was still fumingabout that as they left the hotel and headed into Haven later that morning. Neither man had been all that thrilled at the idea of her leaving the room but she was going abit stir-crazy in the hotel. First, she’d been stuck in the hospital, then the hotel.
She needed some fresh air and space.
Plus, she had to do some shopping.
The men had her sandwiched between them. They’d wanted to drive her into town. But it was a five minute walk and it didn’t make much sense. However, she was regretting this decision the closer they got to more people. Both seemed to be on high alert, watching everyone suspiciously.
Even Horse was looking around distrustfully.
“Are you guys all right? Did you see someone? Or something?” she asked
“No, baby. We haven’t seen anything.” Eli took her hand in his and gave it a squeeze, reassuring her.
“If we had, you wouldn’t be here,” Kellan said. “Eli would take you somewhere safe while I dealt with the threat.”
She really didn’t like the sound of that.
“We couldn’t just leave you here to deal with something like that!” she protested.
Kellan stopped and she turned to him.
“Eyes on me,” he ordered.
Jeez. What was with these guys and wanting her to look at them?
But she stared up at him. He really was so gorgeous. And she wanted to kiss him.
Desperately.
“If there was anything dangerous, any threat, you would run. You would get somewhere safe and you would leave me, understand? I can deal with anything that comes up but not if I have to worry about you. I will be far better off knowing you’re safe and I’m free to do what I have to do.”
“You being here would just hinder him,” Eli told her. “And it’s the same deal if it’s just you and me. You run. You save yourself.”
“You come first,” Kellan stated before walking again.
Right.
To her shock, as they moved along, Kellan kept staring at her hand. She wasn’t quite sure why until he reached out and grabbed hold.
She barely managed to hide her surprise. And then her smile of satisfaction. He might think he didn’t know how to be affectionate or show how he was feeling.
But she didn’t agree.
“I don’t suppose there’s an electronics shop here?” she asked Eli who had Horse on the lead.
Horse hadn’t seemed that impressed about that.
“No, we’d need to go into Freestown for that.”
“I need to get a laptop urgently,” she said. “I need that for work. And some lighting and a tripod and a few other things.”
“All right, we’ll drive in there later,” Eli reassured her.
“I’ll also need to go to the house and clean up,” she said.
They shared a look across her head.
