Page 29 of Daddy's Wild Girl

“Good morning. I thought you might sleep in this morning.”

Was that a note of disapproval in his voice?

Her shoulders threatened to hunch up, but she forced herself to remain relaxed. Disapproval was something she was used to . . . her mother had yet to show support for anything she did. Well, unless she was doing what she wanted.

But it still wasn’t something that she could just shrug off.

Theassholehad preyed on her need for approval and fucked her up even more.

Her lack of sleep was definitely going to come back to bite her later. But right now, she had a surge of energy and a need to do something.

Keeping herself busy gave her less time to think and brood.

“Could say the same for you,” she replied. “I made coffee if you want some. It’s in the kitchen.”

“Uh, what are you doing?” he asked.

“I thought I’d strip the wallpaper in here. It’s been bugging me for ages. It’s so . . . brown.” She wrinkled her nose as she took in the old, faded wallpaper in her living room.

Well, it would be a living room eventually. Right now, it looked like a construction site. Of course, it didn’t help that she kept stopping and starting jobs all over the house so nothing ever got finished.

“I thought you were doing the baseboards?”

“I was . . . Uh, I just got bored with that.”

“Right.”

His voice sounded tight, and she glanced over to see his gaze flickering around and his fingers tapping against his thigh.

“Everything okay?”

“He’s one of those really organized people,” Hayes said as he walked in behind Corbin. “Likes to put things in color-coded files and shit like that.”

“Color-coded files? No, I don’t,” Corbin grumbled, but his cheeks were red.

Oh, that was cute.

He was so adorable. And she was definitely driving him crazy with her lack of organization.

“You did the dishes in the middle of the night, didn’t you?” she queried. She might be a disorganized mess, but she’d noticed that the dishes were done when she came downstairs this morning. Hayes had already been up and making toast.

Hmm, she might have to increase her grocery budget. She hadn’t factored in feeding two grown men. Although Hayes had paid the bill yesterday.

Maybe he was charging it to her father.

In that case she’d make sure to get beer next time they went shopping.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he muttered. “I need some coffee, then I’ll go work on the security system.”

Yep, definitely cute.

By midafternoon,she’d had enough of house repairs. Fatigue was weighing her down, and her hand was aching from overuse. She just wanted a beer and some fresh air.

Heading upstairs, she showered and changed her clothes before heading down to crack open a beer.

Then she wandered through the house.

She wasn’t looking for Corbin.

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