“That’s the guy, and that’s when I had to start wearing a vest whenever I was investigating a site if I wanted to keep my liability insurance at a reasonable rate. At first I didn’t like it, but honestly, I’ve come to appreciate the protection. And today if you hadn’t shown up, it might’ve saved my life.” She shivered in his arms.
He would do anything to protect her and erase her fear, but all he could do was tighten his hold. “Well, Iamhere and sounds like the deputies are almost here too.”
She cocked her head and squirmed to try to get free. “I need you to let me go. I don’t want them to see me like this.”
He held fast. “It’s no big deal.”
“It is to me.” She pushed free and tugged down her shirt. “I have to work with them all the time, and being a cowering damsel in distress isn’t the professional appearance I want to portray.”
He held up his hands. “Fine, I’m good with that. But we’ll wait here until they arrive.”
She settled on the ground next to him, her thigh touching his. He liked the contact and didn’t move. Thankfully, after the deputies took her statement, she would part ways with Dev, and those eyes that got to him every time would no longer be tempting him to do something his sister wouldn’t like.
That is, if the deputy offered to provide protection for her. If not, Dev wouldn’t let her out of his sight until the authorities caught the shooter and locked him away.
