Page 21 of Daddy's Wild Girl

“I don’t know what happened. I don’t have a problem with heights. And I don’t usually get motion sickness.”

“Maybe a drop in blood pressure,” the instructor said, oh so helpfully. He reached out to take her pulse, but Corbin reached out and snatched her hand away.

Both of them stared at him in shock. He grimaced but didn’t let her go.

“I’ve got her. I have medical training.”

Not exactly. But his first aid certificate was up-to-date. And he didn’t trust this guy to know what he was doing.

The instructor just nodded. “Possessive, huh? I get it.” He walked away.

She stared at Corbin with wide eyes. “What was that?”

“What do you mean?”

“Um, why did you just snatch my hand out of his hold like he was gonna hurt me or something?”

“I just think I know what I’m doing more than he does. Now, quiet.”

Her pulse was a bit fast but nothing dangerous. There was color coming back into her cheeks, which was good.

“How are you feeling?” he asked.

“Like an idiot who got dizzy just because she jumped out of a plane.”

“There’s nothing idiotic about that,” he told her fiercely. “You need a drink with electrolytes, though. Something to help with your blood pressure, then you’re going home to rest.”

“You got it, boss.” She saluted him.

He hadn’t forgotten that she’d done that to Hayes earlier in the day when he was being bossy.

“You best watch that sassiness doesn’t get you into trouble.”

“Hey, I’m counting on it.” She grinned at him.

7

God, she was tired.

That skydive had been something else. She’d nearly pulled out, and only her sheer stubbornness had pushed her to go through with it.

In hindsight, maybe she should have listened to the voice in her head screaming at her to keep her feet firmly on the ground.

Yeah, that voice was smart.

Unlike Bebe.

And now she was feeling exhausted and vulnerable in front of two strangers. What was her dad thinking? Did he really believe she was in danger?

Bebe hated to think what two bodyguards for a month was costing him. But she was guessing with that money that she’d be able to renovate her kitchen and still have change.

When they reached her house, she forced herself to pretend everything was fine when she really wanted to crawl into bed and not come out for about a month.

Her right hand was trembling slightly. She knew that Corbin had noticed her wince earlier when he’d shaken it.

This was why having people live with her wasn’t smart.

Especially when they had more loyalty to her parents than her.

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