Chapter 26

She woke up under his arm again. She had never felt so safe in all her life.

She remembered kissing him under the moonlight and wanting so much more, but he just held her. Yesterday turned out to be another exhausting day, so it didn’t take her long to fall asleep. She sat up and realized that they somehow made it back in the house and were back in his maw maw’s room. She still had all her clothes on.

“I have been called a lot of horrible names in my life and accused of a lot of hurtful things, but I have never been accused of being a boring company, ma’am. I have never been so offended,” he said gruffly, stretching his long body across the bed.

“That will teach you to laugh at me next time. When do my shooting lessons start?” she asked with a chuckle. His company was anything but boring.

He got out the bed and turned and looked at her before answering. “I need to go have a talk with Chia first. I need to get a message to Penelope. I still need her on the pro