Page 27 of Receiving His Mercy
Fuck. Did he know how to be anything but rough?
“All the more reason for me to protect her.”
Lacey groaned. “All right, so maybe looking out for her is okay. Railroading her is not. I know that’s hard for you not to do. But she’s not moving in with you or letting you meet everyone she goes out for dinner with, whether they’re a date or not.”
“They could be dangerous!”
“I will talk to her about getting Black-Gray to run background checks on anyone she dates.”
“What? Why would they do it when we can do it at Raptor Inc!” he said.
“Maybe because you’re a psycho?” she asked dryly. “I’ll also ask her if I can give you her phone number so you can check in once in a while. All right?”
“Fine,” he grumbled. “Now, go get packed.”
“Oh, I don’t have to pack much. Bye, big cousin.”
Huh? What did she mean she didn’t have to pack much?
Actually, maybe he didn’t want to know.
Caren’s phonebuzzed and she checked her messages.
Lacey:I’ve leashed the lunatic.
She snorted.Then she felt guilty for heaping this on Lacey when she was about to leave for her honeymoon.
Also, she had her doubts that she’d truly leashed this particular lunatic.
Caren:I’m sorry I got you involved. You have enough to do. I was just ranting. Um, how did you leash him?
Lacey:It’s my fault he sicced himself onto you! He seems to feel bad about the past and that as my friend he should watch out for you.
Caren: I told him not to worry about the past.
Lacey: So did I. But Travis can get really focused on something and findit hard to let go.
Caren: Hmm. OCD maybe?
Lacey: OPN more like it.
Caren: I don’t know that one.
Lacey:Overprotective Neanderthal.
Caren:Ahh, yeah. I can see that. How is he leashed?
Lacey:Welll, I had to compromise a bit. I told him you’re definitely not moving in. Nor are you getting him to vet any dates. I told him that Black-Gray would do that. His head nearly exploded. And before you tell me off, you don’t actually have to get them to do that.
Caren:It’s all right. I’m not going on any dates anyway.
Yeah.She was off men entirely. They could be scary on a scale that would probably make Travis Andrews fearful.
Then again, maybe not.
Lacey:Never say never. Maybe you’ll meet a hot, sexy cowboy and move to Dallas permanently.
And pigs could fly.But she wasn’t going to burst Lacey’s dream. Even Lacey didn’t know the truth of what happened during her last assignment. The only person who knew the full truth was her agent. And she’d had to tell him everything so he’d back off about her going back out on assignment quickly.
